You are looking south at the merge of Stony Brook Road (left) with 25A. This is a very dangerous intersection. There is heavy traffic coming from Saint James and heading toward Old Stony Brook, and to merge into it you have to wait for an opening. Stony Brook Road curves just before the merging point so a driver behind you may only see you at the very last moment. You have to pray they will stop. If they are the least bit distracted they could plow right into your stopped vehicle. That is exactly what happened to me on March 14th when a flatbed truck rear-ended me as I was waiting there for an opening in the traffic. Crash!! I'm lucky not to have been injured. My car was terribly smashed up, though. I took this picture of the intersection a minute after I staggered out of my car wondering if it was about to burst into flames. Traffic signals at this location are urgently needed. I'm sure there are accident statistics to back that up. I know I'm one of them, and I won't drive there again until the lights go in. Thursday, March 31, 2011
Danger spot
You are looking south at the merge of Stony Brook Road (left) with 25A. This is a very dangerous intersection. There is heavy traffic coming from Saint James and heading toward Old Stony Brook, and to merge into it you have to wait for an opening. Stony Brook Road curves just before the merging point so a driver behind you may only see you at the very last moment. You have to pray they will stop. If they are the least bit distracted they could plow right into your stopped vehicle. That is exactly what happened to me on March 14th when a flatbed truck rear-ended me as I was waiting there for an opening in the traffic. Crash!! I'm lucky not to have been injured. My car was terribly smashed up, though. I took this picture of the intersection a minute after I staggered out of my car wondering if it was about to burst into flames. Traffic signals at this location are urgently needed. I'm sure there are accident statistics to back that up. I know I'm one of them, and I won't drive there again until the lights go in. 
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Good thing you are ok! That does look very dangerous, go fight city hall! you can do it!! Peoples Lives are at stake, you could have been seriously injured!
I could have been and I don't like to think about that. The following week I had five teeth extracted (didn't want to cancel the appointment again) and it took until today before my head began to feel normal. At least there's been no vision problems or headache.
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