It's late May. Its getting warm. Three months of summer and significantly less traffic are just within our grasp, we just have one major hurdle to cross - Memorial Day weekend. Starting Thursday, the roads are going to be a free-for-all of minivans and weekenders blindly following their GPS devices. Get ready for a lot of road rage, accidents and accordion traffic jams that erupt without purpose as the amount of traveler’s increases, once again flooding the roads with discourteous drivers who don’t know the roads and stress behind the wheel.
I can’t wait for the summer, it typically takes me under an hour to get to work, and even the CBX rarely comes to a complete stop. Summer afternoons on the other hand, especially Thursdays and Fridays are another story.
But here are some tips to help your commute this week: Stay strong, after this, its smooth sailing.
- Most GPS devices tell people to take the following routes - use these alternates:
- 95/80 -use 9/46
- Whitestone - use the Throgs neck
- LIE - instead take Northern State / GCP
- Cross Island - use the Clearview
- GWB upper level - use the lower level, although sometimes the thought of driving with trucks scares travelers to the lower level.
- NJ Turnpike Express – It sounds fast, so people take it. Use the local.
- Go for the inner EZ pass lanes - weekend stragglers dive into the cash lane at the last minute
- If you take time off, drive in the morning, never in the afternoon
- Avoid the Belt Parkway on any afternoon
- Always watch out for last minute, three lane exit dives at high speed
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