Driving to Old Saybrook, Connecticut Sept. 25, 2009

To quell my fear of driving in such awful traffic, I keep busy making video of the cars and trucks. Nobody has an interest in viewing this except me. Traffic in Connecticut is simply awful.

0:00 - 1:30 The video begins in Wallingford, which is just north of New Haven. The truck windows have never been cleaned. See how close the trucks are? How fast people drive down there?

1:31- 3:33 Traffic comes to a scary, screeching halt just outside of New Haven. It's always like this. For miles. Until i-95 which takes you to New York City. Which is why it's always awful.

3:34 - 3:46 We move to the right lanes to get off of this insanity. We can use GPS to go through the city streets of New Haven to get to Anna's house.

3:47- 6:08 We exit at the police station and train station. The train station is old and pretty. The police station looks like a fortress. Traffic is just as awful but at least it isn't as dangerous. The bridges in New Haven are unique. To me. We have to cross one of them in order to get to Anna's place on Long Island Sound.

5:30 a man gets out of a car next to us because it's quicker to walk to the train station than to drive.

6:09 - 7:35 We leave Anna's place after picking up a desk that she has for Amy. We now get onto i-95 North (towards Providence) to get to Old Saybrook from New Haven. You can see New Haven Harbor and the oil tank farm at 6:10. I counted a dozen construction cranes building stuff. Somebody's economy is doing good. The road is more narrow but traffic is better. It's easier to drive the further you get from NYC.

7:35 - end We are in Old Saybrook on the road that the weekend house is on. The road is on the Sound which you can see a bit of. Then we get to the house and I tape that.

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[Telmet]

I hate driving through New Haven.. It's a mess there with all of the construction... luckily I live within 5-10 mins of OS via route 9.

[BDOUG23]

Sorry to keep replying but this video was from some time ago I think right? They hadn't even started on the new bridge yet.

[BDOUG23]

That man needed to catch his train which was about to leave most likely.....Now if he allowed himself MORE time...LOL

[BDOUG23]

Traffic in CT isn't so bad......Depends on what time you were going through. Now if you were going down 91 to 95 between 3:30-6:00 or so then sure it's busy like all cities and major arteries at rush hour.  Looks like morning rush hour headed to the merge.

[gagagoogoo12]

are you the driver? Or are you the person filming? Do you still have a fear of driving? I'm a first time driver, so i still get nervous. Do you have any helpful advice on how to overcome my fear?

[classicczech]

This video will get interesting for other people in about 10-20 years, when everything has changed. Believe me. People always are interested in how things were back then.

[TheMrsbieber15]

Traffic in connecticut isnt bad. or maybe im just used to it

[ctspreadhead]

That ends in Belle Aire, nice spot!

[marcdrumz]

Hah!  Traveled that road and have seen those sights THOUSANDS of times!! Nice job!!