Traffic

A friend's daughter started out her summer vacation by getting rear-ended by a truck. She's OK, thank goodness; her car, not so much.
She was heading east on Route 926 and as she crested the hill just before you come to the Pocopson train station and hardware store, she saw a long line of cars stopped at the traffic light. She stopped in time, but a truck rear-ended her and she hit the car in front of her.
The girl's mother points out that even if you're going the speed limit, "there is very little time to stop if there is a line of traffic."
I agree. Traffic really does back up at that light in the morning and evening.
And a Unionville reader who drives a Rover Community Transit Bus wrote to me to point out a hazardous intersection that he sometimes encounters on his route:
"Some mornings I have to cross over State Street from Linden street and I'm heading on S. Willow going towards Cypress. As soon as you get to the stop sign to turn left, there is a red maple tree on the corner lawn that hangs down about 2-3 feet from the lawn. Talk about a blind spot! It's an accident waiting to happen. You can barely see the traffic coming down Cypress unless you creep out close to Cypress."