| Lately, the traffic near where my boyfriend lives | | | | inattention, lack of driving skills and overcrowding. |
| has gotten so bad that we now don't even | | | | People who are in a rush to get home, to get |
| bother to venture out until rush hour is over or | | | | their kids to their soccer practice, to grab a bite |
| until we know that it is safe to go out in our cars. | | | | to eat or to do something else entirely are not |
| When we do have to run an errand and we don't | | | | paying enough attention to the traffic signals and |
| have a choice but to do it during rush hour, it is all | | | | or other drivers around them. They are exercising |
| that we can do to not want to resort to | | | | poor judgment left and right and as a result, they |
| screaming and using our vehicles as a plow to | | | | are becoming involved in more traffic accidents. |
| remove all of the other vehicles from in front of | | | | Part of the problem may also be due to the |
| us. | | | | traffic signals. There is still a problem with the |
| I attribute the increased number of vehicles on | | | | traffic signal just outside of our apartment |
| the roadways where we live to the fact that a | | | | complex in that it takes forever to change. People |
| significant number of people have moved into this | | | | have wised up and have gotten to the point now |
| immediate area within the past couple of years. | | | | where when they see that it is clear to go, they |
| The reason for this is due to our geographic | | | | simply make their turn without waiting for the |
| location to the Research Triangle of North Carolina | | | | light to change. Another part of the problem is |
| where many Americans from across the United | | | | that due to the fact that the area we live in was |
| States have relocated themselves and their | | | | largely undeveloped until recently, there are a lot |
| families in order to secure a job in a state where | | | | of things that haven't been put in place or which |
| the cost of living isn't through the roof (at least | | | | are still being adjusted. The traffic signals are just |
| not yet). While it is great that the area is able to | | | | one small part of the issue. Up until a few months |
| provide so many opportunities to those who are | | | | ago, the roadways were being expanded and |
| seeking jobs, this does not mean that it has | | | | paved to accommodate the sudden increase in |
| made it any easier to commute to work or even | | | | motorists who were traveling back and forth to |
| to travel around town. In fact, it has gotten to | | | | Research Triangle Park. |
| the point now where you really cannot go out at | | | | I would like to say that the problem has gotten |
| any time of the day without encountering a | | | | better, but alas, it has not. In addition to the |
| significant amount of traffic. At least once every | | | | expanded roadways and traffic signals, I have |
| two weeks, either my boyfriend or I witness a | | | | also noticed A LOT of new construction in the |
| traffic accident in the area where we live. While | | | | area. Ironically, within the past year, three of my |
| some may say that the traffic accidents around | | | | friends and their families have moved to within a |
| here are due to inattention, it seems as if a large | | | | five mile radius of where I currently live due to |
| number of the accidents are due to both | | | | the upcoming area and affordable living. |