Two of the worst jughandles I ever saw were both at Rt37 and Main Street in Toms River...always backed up onto the highway causing cars to block the main roads even, plus takes about three light changes before you can even get across the road if using the jughandles.

Bring back the circles. While accidents may go up, the more than likely will only be fender benders and not major intersection crashes.

Politicians must have found a way to fill there pockets more by trying to be an Engineer.

Try smaller circles,works great,slows traffic,big trucks can still get around.Don't build them like a race track..

The placement of jughandles should be more selective but not completely band. They take up some time but they do contribute to safety.

Everything thats going on in New Jersey, and there big issue is jughandles

The Sandy Recovery ...needs more attention ! Help these poor people that still haven't been able to return to there homes..Or still no place to call HOME..

Well, that should just about clear up our property tax problems.

This jughandle ban bill is theee most important issue facing every single taxpayer in NJ. Glad our brave politicians have rushed this bill to the front desk because nothing else matters.

Maybe left turn lanes. That was rough

why not just delay the lights at the jughandles, then traffic will keep moving, make the left turns. I don't want a bunch of overpasses ruining this pretty state we have.

KC hit the nail on the head....There is a bunch of Fed. DOT money in the sandy bill, and to get it, states are scrambling for a piece of the pie. And while the bill is to eliminate them in new construction, I bet they have a long list of intersections that they can start on now.

They can add circles, jughandles, no right on reds they can add cameras. Fact is 2/3's to 3/4 of the people driving our road ways are inept n can't drive !!! They don't pay attention, sit there when the light turns green which in turn lets 2 or 3 cars through the intersection instead of 10 or 12. They mosey around town like there's no where to be or go. Then add a siren from an ambulance n watch em freeze up again. I had an ambulance behind at the light on Rt 70 with one car infront of me, I honk the horn n the guy rolls forward 10 inches. Well 10 inches isn't enough room for an ambulance. I had to drive partly over a curb to get by this dope so the screaming sirens could get to the hospital. After all that the guy looks at me and gives some dopey "I'm sorry" smile. (Go home n stay there looser !!! ) Maybe it's my fault? "Gangsta Rap made me do it"

There are no correct choices, but to thin out the herd. Too many people live too close together and cause many forms of mental anguish. It's already proven that city life will be cut short, while living in a wooden area allows a peace and quite stress free environment. Of course unless it's south jersey!
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I am not originally from this area and when I moved down here about 5 years ago from upstate NY, I was like what the heck is worng with Jersey and making a Left I've been here 5 years now and I still don't know where to turn for certain business's on the Left LOL. I hate the no left thing, why can't they just make a left hand turn lane, real simple!! I've seen jug handles the size of parks, such a waste of land, added paving costs and maintenance!

First of all, your poll is statistically insignificant and no better than pulling answers out of a hat. Besides that, this could be called the "Let's Kill a few More Motorcyclists Bill." If you follow accident reports, the vast majority of motorcycle accidents occur when someone makes a left turn in front of a motorcyclist riding in the opposite direction. Jug handles eliminate this. And, finally, what is the estimated cost difference between a jug handle and an overpass? Surely astronomical.

Yes for more flyover bridges, but banning jug handles is wrong. They do have there place. And Ray is correct about the motorcyclist being killed by people turning left in front of them.

The problem in NJ is sometimes you can turn left at a light, sometimes there is a jughandle on the right, sometimes a circle, sometimes a suicide lane as on Fischer Blvd. You have to get right up to a light before you know what to do then you are in the wrong lane.

great lets go sacrafice safety for speed more people in a hurry turn left into traffic do we really live in such a state that the lawmakers cannot seet that this place is crazy! i wonder what family member of the state senate builds and engineers the roads. time to call in a watchdog group caue this will not benefit the newjersey residents only line the pockets of the lawmakers.

im sorry jusghandles and circles worked i have never seen such a debocle since they removed all circles from south jersey near the ac airport (used to flow smoothly, now no circle nothing but a mess, airport circle used to flow smoothly now nothing but a mess, shall i go on lets just tax the people more give the money right to the lawmakers and change nothing itll suit their needs more then ours and we can cut out the middle man then they dont need to launder the funds through the removal of jug handles ( i am being sarcastic for anyone not picking up on that)

Lets fixed all these bad timed lights .Nothing more aggravating than braking for a jughandle turn with No cars cued up on rt 70 .Why can`t we have working sensors in the roads to improve traffic flow and conserve gas and brakes. Jughandles screw up the traffic flow instead of improving it....

Left hand turns work, circles and jughandles do not!

oh yeah ross how bout we worry about risind fuel cost and taxes so that i can afford to drive a car and not ride a motorcycle how bout that better yet we save the money from the jug handle argument put it tward an airplane ticket for each idiot who wants to spend the money that our state doesnt have and drop you imbisciles like ross and go live where you can turn anywhere you want to provide you with the greater good not the greater good of everyone. lets face it people there is no money in nj so lawmakers want to remove jughandles then sell that land that they took with emminant domain and create a new cash cow. LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE PEOPLE

"…new intersections would be designed with flyover bridges…"??? Very cost prohibitive, and a lot of land would be consumed. The problem is too many vehicles, not enough road surface and a lack of driver patience. Left turn lanes with dedicated signals work, but there must be enough left turn lane length to accommodate the traffic volume. Only very major intersections should warrant consideration of "flyover bridges", such as Chambers Bridge Road and Route 70. However, this was proposed years ago, but rejected because of the cost, land consumption and interference with businesses. If any potential bridge should get consideration, it should be one where Hooper Ave (AKA Brick Blvd) crosses Church Road in Silverton to eliminate the major backup that extends almost a mile into Brick during evening rush hour.

left hand turns in congested areas cause the passing lane to be blocked do you not all see that or should we all pass on the right too in the blindspot
causing more accidents passing on right time and time again causes more accidents than jug handles

BY THE WAY PEOPLE DONT YOU THINK A STUDY SHOULD BE DONE OR SOMETHING BEFORE THEY DO THIS AND SPEND THE MONEY WE DONT HAVE? OR SHOULD THEY JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT AND THEN WE DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF MEDIOCRITY.

So how are turning movements going to be made without jughandles? Left turn lanes a mile long that back up into the main road? Now you'll get even less green time at the light.

I have always hated going through the same intersection twice. I would like to know why U-Turns at intersections are not allowed. I'm for efficient flow of traffic and as far as "safety" is concerned, in is up to the drivers to operate their vehicles safely. I don't rely on highway design by itself to be my protector.

Since when did politicians become traffic engineers?

I drive a Suburban. NP with the turning radius.

The only place in Brick were I think a flyover bridge would work is were Rt 70 and Brick Blvd meet. This way the traffic going west on 70 could keep going and you would only need one light on 70 east so Brick Blvd could enter 70.

Jug handles work, look what it did at the rt 70 and cedar bridge intersection. They cause less accidents. The only accidents that happen at that intersection are people trying to beat light to make left, or people who cant read the no left turn sign. Where is there space to make overpasses, imagine the traffic at the rt 37 and 166 intersection without the jug handle, the lights will have to be longer to allow people to make a left and cause traffic to back up into manchester. The dot likes to ban the jug handles, so now they have more work to correct them and throw more money down the drain. People are right Sandy relief, should be these politicians concerns not jug handles.

Maybe next they could let us pump our own gas!

I come from a state which has no jughandles, so have experienced both.

Jug handles do NOT work. They are confusing and and inefficient means of controlling traffic.

And because of the yields, jughandles are the cause of MORE accidents.

If it weren't so expensive, I think another bill should be passed which would ELIMINATE jug handles.

Big story here, but what about our own Donald Brauckman stepping up the political ladder anyway he can by ousting the 13 year SRO officer in Mooorestown to fit his own agenda? No story here Christina? The Moorestown Residents are up in arms with our Committee Member they see exactly what backdoor deal was made. We see how this Patch works no article written about any committee member doing anything questionable...this entire deal was suppose to happen without any problems or controversy. Parents, teachers and students were the whistle blowers on this one.

Lauren with all respect that story involves our towns Committee man Don Brauckmann and it is a huge story. I guess this does not show Don in such a great light so no story here. But on the other hand you are ready to write about Don the Moorestown Police Officer when it makes him look good! See you later Patch no time for you!!! Political writing at its' VERY BEST!!!

Left hand turns were deamed unsafe many yrs ago due to drivers turning into traffic causing a very bad accident. That's when the state went to juggies which are also used as drainage ditch's from storm run off. If you can't handle a jughandle stay home ...

It's NJ, we do everything backwards.