Georgetown Pike needs to be dualized

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

WTF. Speed limits are not discretionary.

You must be new to the area.

Hopefully the cops will stop you - and jail you - before you hurt someone else. For your education, ye who claims to be a long-time resident: https://jalopnik.com/never-speed-in-virginia-lessons-from-my-three-days-in-1613604053

[Anonymous]

It’s an old country road that’s been paved. It twists and turns with blind curves and little appropriate grading. It was never intended for the volume and speeds people now expect it to bear.

That said, drivers should obey the traffic laws and back the F off when someone else is doing so. The ragey drivers are the problem. Slow down and chill out. Or leave earlier. Or take another route.

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Anonymous wrote:Add another set of lanes and overpasses.

Can you name a single instance where adding more lanes alleviated traffic?

DP. I doubt adding or widening lanes will alleviate traffic on Georgetown Pike. It might make it safer. The way kids drive on Route 193 is downright scary and has been for a long time. Credit to FCPS for having a high school in an inconvenient location and then districting kids who live 10+ miles away to the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

You're an absolute idiot, and probably the reason I hear sirens so often.

--someone whose house is on Georgetown Pike

Unlike another PP, I know the area well, having driven it almost every day for 15 years. The straight part between Great Falls Park and Rt. 7 (minus The Village) should be 45 MPH. If there are no other cars, that's how fast I (and most other normal drivers) go.

Thank you for sharing this information. I am quite sure that the Fairfax County Police Department and/or the Virginia State Police will appreciate knowing where they can direct their resources to raise a bit of revenue and potentially put a knucklehead away for a few days.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

WTF. Speed limits are not discretionary.

You must be new to the area.

Hopefully the cops will stop you - and jail you - before you hurt someone else. For your education, ye who claims to be a long-time resident: https://jalopnik.com/never-speed-in-virginia-lessons-from-my-three-days-in-1613604053

Are you a child? NP

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OP, what is your fascination with overpasses?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, what is your fascination with overpasses?

Probably the same person that keeps posting about interchanges.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

You're an absolute idiot, and probably the reason I hear sirens so often.

--someone whose house is on Georgetown Pike

Unlike another PP, I know the area well, having driven it almost every day for 15 years. The straight part between Great Falls Park and Rt. 7 (minus The Village) should be 45 MPH. If there are no other cars, that's how fast I (and most other normal drivers) go.

Thank you for sharing this information. I am quite sure that the Fairfax County Police Department and/or the Virginia State Police will appreciate knowing where they can direct their resources to raise a bit of revenue and potentially put a knucklehead away for a few days.

For going 45 MPH on G'Town Pike? Nobody gets stopped for that. Outside the Village, in the entire time I've been driving it, I've seen zero police with radar checking speed on G'Town Pike.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

WTF. Speed limits are not discretionary.

You must be new to the area.

Hopefully the cops will stop you - and jail you - before you hurt someone else. For your education, ye who claims to be a long-time resident: https://jalopnik.com/never-speed-in-virginia-lessons-from-my-three-days-in-1613604053

Are you a child? NP

No. I am someone who respects road rules, particularly speed limits on narrow and winding roads.

[Anonymous]

Dualize, add interchanges where possible, level out the steep grades and reduce curving

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

You're an absolute idiot, and probably the reason I hear sirens so often.

--someone whose house is on Georgetown Pike

Unlike another PP, I know the area well, having driven it almost every day for 15 years. The straight part between Great Falls Park and Rt. 7 (minus The Village) should be 45 MPH. If there are no other cars, that's how fast I (and most other normal drivers) go.

Thank you for sharing this information. I am quite sure that the Fairfax County Police Department and/or the Virginia State Police will appreciate knowing where they can direct their resources to raise a bit of revenue and potentially put a knucklehead away for a few days.

For going 45 MPH on G'Town Pike? Nobody gets stopped for that. Outside the Village, in the entire time I've been driving it, I've seen zero police with radar checking speed on G'Town Pike.

Before Covid, there were often police checking speed with radar hanging out in the entry way of neighborhoods off of Gtown Pike, but it's true, outside of the Village, I haven't seen this in quite a while.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

WTF. Speed limits are not discretionary.

You must be new to the area.

Hopefully the cops will stop you - and jail you - before you hurt someone else. For your education, ye who claims to be a long-time resident: https://jalopnik.com/never-speed-in-virginia-lessons-from-my-three-days-in-1613604053

Are you a child? NP

Are you someone who enjoys going to jail simply because they couldn’t control their impatience? Speed recklessly in the wrong part of VA and you will go to a jail. Spouting inane insults won’t change that for you.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

WTF. Speed limits are not discretionary.

You must be new to the area.

Hopefully the cops will stop you - and jail you - before you hurt someone else. For your education, ye who claims to be a long-time resident: https://jalopnik.com/never-speed-in-virginia-lessons-from-my-three-days-in-1613604053

From the link: "The trooper pulled me over and said he had me on radar doing 93 mph in a 55 mph zone." So, basically almost 40 mph over the speed limit. Going 45 mph in a 35 mph zone will not result in the same penalty, if any.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

WTF. Speed limits are not discretionary.

You must be new to the area.

Hopefully the cops will stop you - and jail you - before you hurt someone else. For your education, ye who claims to be a long-time resident: https://jalopnik.com/never-speed-in-virginia-lessons-from-my-three-days-in-1613604053

Are you a child? NP

No. I am someone who respects road rules, particularly speed limits on narrow and winding roads.

I'm sure you do this consistently.

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed. I think 193 is the most dangerous road in FFX County due to the road ragerz and entitled lead foots that drive on it. The worst road hands down.

Drove it this morning, it wasn't bad. The worst are the drivers who insist on going the speed limit when they could go faster. Also, the letting people in at Swinks Mill should be curtailed. It backs up too many on G'Town Pike. And don't get me started on the light at River Bend.

WTF. Speed limits are not discretionary.

You must be new to the area.

Hopefully the cops will stop you - and jail you - before you hurt someone else. For your education, ye who claims to be a long-time resident: https://jalopnik.com/never-speed-in-virginia-lessons-from-my-three-days-in-1613604053

Are you a child? NP

No. I am someone who respects road rules, particularly speed limits on narrow and winding roads.

I'm sure you do this consistently. [/quote

Absolutely. I’m proud to be one of the drivers along Gtown Pike who annoys you so much.