This is a beautiful historic roadway, I travel it often. Its scary, the speed limit it 55 mpr, when I travel at 5:25 am to work, if you don't go at least 65 mph, you're at risk. Many go 75+...
Taconic State Parkway Outed As Deadliest Road in New York
An article points out scary facts about our scenic Hudson Valley route to parks, historic sites, and of course work.
The road is actually on the register of historic places.
By Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) - October 21, 2016 12:01 pm ET
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And the folks at OnlyInYourState don't mince words.
"All across our state you’ll find roads that will make your heart drop, whether it’s due to heavy traffic or tight, winding lanes that make you queasy. But there’s one particular highway and chaotic commute that we wouldn’t even wish upon our worst enemy," they write.
In the three years ending in July 2014, 2,080 crashes took place on the parkway, mostly in Putnam and Westchester counties, they report, using state police data.
What might be a factor in that, hmmm? State troopers had issued nearly 54,000 tickets to people traveling along the parkway in the last seven years, most issued in Westchester and Putnam and most for speeding, they report.
more:
http://patch.com/new-york/yorktown-somers/s/fx5nn/taconic-state-parkway-outed-as-deadliest-road-in-new-york?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=outdoors&utm_campaign=alert
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