To paraphrase a line from the film “As Good As It Gets,” the overall layout of Orlando is basically what happens when you “take away reason and accountability.” Though there are clearly more than 25 terrible places to put your car, here are a few of the Orlando area’s worst intersections. Which one do you loathe the most?

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How to honk at the driver trying to make an illegal left turn onto Colonial going north on Mills If every other driver in that lane could make a citizen’s arrest on the spot, they would. Credit: Photo by Marissa Mahoney
I-4 and 408 Interchange When driving from the I-4 West to the 408 West, you have to cross over a lane. Which doesn’t sound so bad, until you realize that lane is almost always filled with people going from I-4 East to 408 East. This is without a doubt the sphincter of downtown.
World Center Drive and State Road 535 Tired and cranky tourists aren’t as cheery when they leave “the happiest place on earth,” and a lot of them take out their frustrations at this intersection. With a turn lane that isn’t clearly marked, confused tourists cut back into the right lane on World Center, slowing down a traffic flow that is already going snail speed because of lengthy red lights.
Woodbury Road and E. Colonial Drive These two roads meeting wouldn’t be so bad if Colonial wasn’t constantly closing lanes because of construction. With the blocked out lanes and the proximity to the 408, it’s a wonder that any cars can crawl through during peak traffic times.
University Boulevard and Alafaya Trail With students and business professionals fleeing campus and Research Parkway, this intersection becomes packed mid-afternoon. Plus, on Friday and Saturday nights, drivers have to deal with plastered undergrads roaming the sidewalks and stepping out into the crosswalk.
W. Sand Lake Road and Universal Boulevard Nearly a dozen lanes and hundreds of lost tourists who don’t have a clue where to go after exiting the theme parks definitely don’t make up a winning combination. Drivers crawl through these roads, constantly cut off by clueless out-of-state drivers looking helplessly for the right lane that will take them safely to the highway.
Sand Lake Road and Turkey Lake Road This intersection is a triple threat, with drivers flooding the road from Restaurant Row, crowding the I-4 ramp and making their way down I-Drive. Add to that mess a few awfully-timed red lights and you’re left sitting in a steaming pile of traffic crap forever.
Pine Street and Orange Avenue The problem here is that Pine is a two way street only for stretch downtown, so cars going east on this street often casually drive against traffic once they cross Orange Ave. In the mornings, trucks are always parked along Pine unloading boxes and no matter the time of day, cars never think to look for pedestrians at the crosswalks.
W. Par Street and Edgewater Drive Definitely avoid this intersection around mid-afternoon: When school lets out, the entire student body at Edgewater High streams out of the parking lot right into the middle of this junction. And we all know 16-year-olds that just got their licenses don’t always make for the best companions when sharing the road.
Old Cheney Highway and E. Colonial Drive This popular cut-through connects Colonial and Semoran, but the problem is that no one merges properly into westbound traffic, especially during rush hour, leaving a pileup that takes what seems like a decade to slug through.
Millenia Boulevard and Conroy Road This intersection is located right next to the Millenia Mall and is always clogged with tourists weaving suddenly across lanes trying to get back on the I-4. You never know what a minivan-wielding dad from Montana hyped up on IKEA meatballs might do.
I-4 and Lee Road The lights surrounding these I-4 ramps just aren’t timed right. Trying to get on the highway from this road is like climbing up the slope of a rocky cliff: Exhaustingly tedious, slow and more often than not, jammed up by some sort of hulking road block, like a couple of semi-trucks.
Lee Road and State Road 17-92 Say what you want about health nuts, but fans of the new Whole Foods at this intersection constantly mess up the flow of traffic, which means you’ll be late having to deal with some psycho with one hand in a bag of kale chips, guzzling asparagus water swerving in and out of your lane.
Adanson Street and Lee Road This light must carry a grudge against empty, non-congested roads: It only lets 3 or 4 cars turn left onto Lee each cycle, taunting the next person in line with a flickering, fast yellow flash that is likely to catch you out in the middle of the street come its red glow.
Lake Underhill Road and S. Goldenrod Road The lights at this intersection are notoriously short, which usually results in some idiot who thought he could make the turn getting stuck out in the middle of traffic, effectively blocking a couple of lanes from moving down an otherwise clear road.
S. John Young Parkway and W. Oak Ridge Road You better have a pretty good playlist playing in your car when trying to get onto Oak Ridge from John Young: At least during rush hour, you’ll spend at least 20 minutes stuck in one of the overcrowded left turn lanes.
Central Florida Parkway and John Young Parkway This massive intersection encompasses a dizzying amount of lanes, with eight turn lanes that fill up quickly during peak hours. What makes it worse are the two merging turn lanes, which have yield signs, but more often than not instead of driving through them, cars choose to play a game of chicken with upcoming traffic.
I-4 and Semoran Boulevard No matter what time of day it is, the Altamonte Mall is always packed with people, which means this intersection is always packed with shoppers zigging and zagging their way home too busy thinking about their latest purchases than the road ahead.
Curry Ford Road and Semoran Boulevard The cameras at this intersection are infamous for being super trigger-happy, taking a picture of anything that crosses the street: A bird flying across the road would likely fly home to a traffic ticket waiting in its nest.
W. Colonial Drive and N. Orange Avenue Orange Avenue only goes one way down here, leaving visitors to the City Beautiful thoroughly confused as they try to find their way around downtown. Add to that a few I-4 onramps and some train tracks, and traffic is sure to slow to a crawl in no time.
Avalon Park Boulevard and E. Colonial Drive This is what happens when you have one main north and south artery leaving a large group of enclosed, gated communities. Thank your local developer for this poorly planned, tangled-up neighborhood monstrosity.
Curry Ford Road and Primrose Drive Every intersection going down Curry Ford seems to have a turning light, except for this one of course. So during peak times, instead of getting a handy go-ahead before oncoming traffic gets a chance to move, you’re left inching into the intersection waiting for a crack to squeeze your Sedan through.
Aloma Avenue and Semoran Boulevard This intersection is an accident waiting to happen. With slow light cycles, lanes that merge right after the light and waves of traffic driving up from Winter Park, you’ll have to pass the minutes stuck behind the steering wheel rereading the billboards overhead. Hey, at least you might memorize the number for a local accident attorney.
Aloma Avenue and Hall Road Howell Branch Road turns into Hall Road across this intersection, but it involves two lanes turning to one. To make matters worse, there might be two left turn lanes, but there isn’t a separate one for cars turning right, meaning you’ll inevitably get stuck one car behind a car going straight, the freedom to turn onto an empty road just outside of reach.
N. Alafaya Trail and Colonial Drive This area of Colonial is always undergoing some sort of construction, which shuts down random lanes at all times of days. Every time you pull up, you get to play a guessing game about which lanes are open: There’s isn’t a prize, but everyone gets a headache just for participating.