Slow driver causes backup on Route 28 near Warrensburg, Warren County NY


A driver on Route 28 near Warrensburg is driving unusually slowly at about 40 miles per hour, causing a backup of several vehicles behind them. There are multiple no passing zones and oncoming traffic, so other drivers cannot safely pass the slow vehicle, leading to traffic congestion.
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I was making good progress on my way over to Queensbury.
00:05
I don't know what the problem is here, but I get some guy going about 40 miles an hour here.
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And,
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you know, five people behind him, so there's no passing.
00:26
Yeah,
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that's a problem.
00:29
A lot of these roads, a lot of these back roads are full of no passing zones, just little country roads, so it makes it tough when somebody doesn't look in their rearview mirror like once every half hour.
00:47
I'm on 28 headed towards Warrensburg and you know there's enough traffic in the other direction that you could maybe get around one person but there's no way you could pass multiple people and I you know I just had this conversation before about people in that case is you're driving down the open road and they just putting their brakes on this guy
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person that he's really on averaging like well I don't know you know I've been down the 30 miles an hour and of course I'm 40 now now I'm catching up to the
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NY-28, New York
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