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There are extremely unsafe traffic backups that happen on southbound 580 at the 98th Ave / Golf Links exit. See the deep red traffic backup in the attached photo. I believe this is exit 29A. At several times of the day, southbound 580 traffic will back-up from the offramp signal light all the way back and well onto the slow lane of the freeway. As you can imagine, southbound 580 drivers going 60-70 mph will come around the bend in the road and encounter cars at a dead stop that are queued up to exit the freeway. This is really a tragedy waiting to happen and it's particularly acute during peak weekday usage times around the local high school Bishop O'Dowd.

The City of Oakland simply needs to adjust the timing of the traffic light at 98th and Golf Links to allow more time for cars to clear off the exit ramp.