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I have a feeling it's all relative to where you live and what you drive most. When I used to work in Westminster, 120th and Huron was the absolute worst, especially right at rush hour. You'd get people who would pull into the intersection while it was green, it'd turn red but they had no way to go, so the next cycle would go and those people couldn't get through so at the last minute, once the car actually moved, they'd all floor it, and a few of them would get stuck in the intersection as well, and the cycle just went on and on. All it would take is for people to obey the laws and unwritten rules (don't pull into the intersection unless you are sure you'll make it through) but every, damn, day... for like 8 years... same crap.
I'm sure there are plenty of intersections just like it...
Actually, you can get a ticket for blocking the intersection. Also for running a red light. One car is able to enter the intersection, for example to turn left, and they have to clear out before other vehicles can proceed into the intersection. If a yellow light turns red and there's 2 cars trying to turn left, the 1st is legal but the 2nd car can get a ticket for running a red light. They can't enter the intersection until the first car has cleared it
 

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Actually, you can get a ticket for blocking the intersection. Also for running a red light. One car is able to enter the intersection, for example to turn left, and they have to clear out before other vehicles can proceed into the intersection. If a yellow light turns red and there's 2 cars trying to turn left, the 1st is legal but the 2nd car can get a ticket for running a red light. They can't enter the intersection until the first car has cleared it
I'm waiting to see if I get a photo-ticket from 6th on to SE Speer. The car in front of me slowed almost to a stop as they were exiting the intersection (with no one in front of them). It almost seemed like they did it on purpose. I didn't know till then about the photo-ticketing, there.
 

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I'm waiting to see if I get a photo-ticket from 6th on to SE Speer. The car in front of me slowed almost to a stop as they were exiting the intersection (with no one in front of them). It almost seemed like they did it on purpose. I didn't know till then about the photo-ticketing, there.
Whaaat? Are you new to town? LOL JK that's the biggest intersection know when to have those. Was the light red when you entered the intersection or yellow? Also be careful, those cameras will also issue tickets if you are stopped in the crosswalk
 

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Whaaat? Are you new to town? LOL JK that's the biggest intersection know when to have those. Was the light red when you entered the intersection or yellow? Also be careful, those cameras will also issue tickets if you are stopped in the crosswalk
The light had just turned yellow as I entered - I'm not sure I could have stopped, anyway.

I saw another one, just the other day, but I can't remember where it is! Greenwood Village?
 

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The light had just turned yellow as I entered - I'm not sure I could have stopped, anyway.

I saw another one, just the other day, but I can't remember where it is! Greenwood Village?
Yep, Belleview and Quebec. There's also one in Stapleton, on Quebec and 35th or 36(ish) ? If you entered the intersection when it was yellow, you should be fine. If you entered it when it was red or if you come to a stop in crosswalk, is when you'll get a ticket. Good news is, it does not affect your points. Paying the money, still sucks but it does not affect your points on your license at all
 

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Yep, Belleview and Quebec. There's also one in Stapleton, on Quebec and 35th or 36(ish) ? If you entered the intersection when it was yellow, you should be fine. If you entered it when it was red or if you come to a stop in crosswalk, is when you'll get a ticket. Good news is, it does not affect your points. Paying the money, still sucks but it does not affect your points on your license at all
Unless they actually serve you in person, just toss photo radar tickets in the trash.

Which do you avoid at all cost?

Colfax at 225 during rush hour. You'll get trapped for a good 45mins. Time to think of your mistake.
Where do I begin: I76 and 96th Ave
I-76 and 88th Ave, sadly, those are my only options to come home at night
64th and 6&85 in Commerce City, 7 way intersection that can be a nightmare
Alameda and I-25, but I have to go through it twice a week in the semi
Dahlia and 88th traffic backups on 88th from Colorado Blvd more than 1.5 miles during afternoon rush hour

Santa Fe, Alameda I25 area is always a nightmare

Now 6th going west off i25 is always backed up. Denver does a horrid job of any road work, I expect that to carry over to the big i70 project
6th Ave is screwed because the designer of the exit to Federal assumed Denver motorists have a brain, and are able to comprehend lanes and signs

I am terrified of this thought...

Anyone remember "T-Rex"? That took a decade from my memory...
Ah yes, good ol' T-Rex

Well whichever Moron decided the new on ramp from Santa Fe to I-25 was going to help with traffic needs to be shot along with the idiot that thought going from 4 lanes to 2 on 225 at the Dam hitting I-25
Do you like the new traffic signals installed at the bottom of the ramp, they will be activated soon

Interesting, didn't read the whole article but they were 3.2% under budget and 22 months early by completion.

I guess you are (relatively) new to the area, welcome - along with everyone else that seems to be new to the area, hah!
A little insight, one reason they came in under budget and early, the trucking companies used to haul dirt, used primarily illegal immigrants without CDL's and worked them around the clock, any hours the companies wanted to work, there were trucks available. After one accident, Colorado State Patrol began stopping everyone of the trucks at random and checking the status and license of the driver.

I think that's still the plan .. Although I liked the plan of turning i70 into a boulevard and basically creating a super highway north that was 16 lanes

When I was reading about the i70 project I read that the i70 and brighton area is the most polluted zip code in the country
Actually, it's a much larger area, the new office park they built at 50th and Washington, is built on the site of an old smelter and zinc mill. Pretty much anything from 58th on the North, I-25 on the West, Vasquez on the East and 20th on the South, including all of Rhino is horribly polluted, no matter how much they try to clean it up, they will never get it all. I moved here in '78, I remember when the remnents of the smelter plant was still there, the old towers and such weren't torn down till the early 2000's.

I'm waiting to see if I get a photo-ticket from 6th on to SE Speer. The car in front of me slowed almost to a stop as they were exiting the intersection (with no one in front of them). It almost seemed like they did it on purpose. I didn't know till then about the photo-ticketing, there.
Photo radar and intersection camera's must be served in person, just toss the tickets.
 

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Unless they actually serve you in person, just toss photo radar tickets in the trash.
I realize the law states that it has to be served in person, but somehow the state keeps sending the tickets and adds late fees. They even send it to collections,I believe. So what do we do? It's frustrating.
I am terrified of this thought...

Anyone remember "T-Rex"? That took a decade from my memory...
Oh boy do I ever. Besides my apartment, in the tech center, overlooked the project, I also somehow managed to drive down it one night, while it was closed, between Santa Fe and Hampden :oops:
 

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Where do I begin: I76 and 96th Ave
I-76 and 88th Ave, sadly, those are my only options to come home at night
64th and 6&85 in Commerce City, 7 way intersection that can be a nightmare
Alameda and I-25, but I have to go through it twice a week in the semi
Dahlia and 88th traffic backups on 88th from Colorado Blvd more than 1.5 miles during afternoon rush hour
Ehhh I-76 and 96th isnt horrible, it's 96th and McKay that's horrible :)
I hated coming home up I-76 before they made the merge lane adjustment for the 270 onramp, that was horrible when it backed up past 25.... Although I haven't really hit much rush hour in a while
 

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I realize the law states that has to be served in person, but somehow the state keep sending the tickets and ads late fees and even sends you to collections,I believe. So what do we do? It's frustrating.
That's interesting, a thought for you, Tom Martino is the one who has always said to do that, if this is not the case, I would suggest calling his show and talking to him about it and telling him what has happened to you.

Ehhh I-76 and 96th isnt horrible, it's 96th and McKay that's horrible :)
Don't even get me started on that intersection, the county refuses to do anything about it, they refuse to fix the new pothole that has appeared, and the pot hole in the dirt is even worse and they refuse to fix it. Then you get the ones in the afternoon that become self appointed traffic cops and suddenly stop to let people make the right or left turn. They need to put a light in there like the one going in at 100th and McKay, yes, I too live right near there.
 

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Don't even get me started on that intersection, the county refuses to do anything about it, they refuse to fix the new pothole that has appeared, and the pot hole in the dirt is even worse and they refuse to fix it. Then you get the ones in the afternoon that become self appointed traffic cops and suddenly stop to let people make the right or left turn. They need to put a light in there like the one going in at 100th and McKay, yes, I too live right near there.
I don't even understand the one going in at 100th and McKay..... That intersection isn't bad.... unless you're one of those people that feel the need to turn left onto McKay in the morning during constant traffic
 
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