Traffic light sensor problem on mill road/route 129 intersection Archived

278 Mill Road Chelmsford, Massachusetts Show on Map Hide Map
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Issue ID:

4479256

Submitted To:

Town of Chelmsford

Category:

Traffic Signals/Signs

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Neighborhood:

Chelmsford

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Description

When making a left turn from Mill Road on to 129, the traffic light has trouble identifying when a car is in the left turn lane. Two days in a row, the first car(note that it was a relatively small car) in the left-hand turn lane was partially in the center lane(his two right wheels were just over the line), but his car was 90% in the left turn lane. Both times, the traffic signal never identified that there were cars waiting to turn left, and we never received a green light. After about 4 cycles without a green, the car simply ran the red light, and then the signal turned green during the next cycle because I was in the middle of the left lane.
While this is clearly the driver's fault, the traffic light sensor should probably be better at identifying cars in the left lane to prevent the dangerous situations it has caused.

Please note: the image I am attaching is from google maps and is simply to provide a visual reference of the lane in question


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