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Last night I was driving north on Whitney and turned into the Hamden Bike Center. It was 6pm and fully dark and at the last second I realized I was about to drive into the curb. The curb was too high to drive over and I had a split-second to think…my only choice was to back up to do a 3-point turn in the road. This was during 50mph rush hour on Whitney, there was lots of honking, stopped traffic, etc.

Looking at it the curb in the daylight I see why this happened: instead of white cement the curb is built up out of black asphalt and blended into the lot, making it literally impossible to see in the dark. Hamden needs to paint this curb white or somehow make it more visible. I can’t be the only person who has made this mistake.