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How do you feel about turning left on red arrows?
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Jul 28, 2009 19:11
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Cichlidae posted:I've gotta say, that feels pretty weird on a gut level. While the country as a whole has a signal control bible (free PDF, check it out to see what I have to deal with), it offers a lot of leniency in what individual states can do. Some states have a flashing red or yellow arrow to indicate a permissive left turn, some (CT and RI included) have a green ball (we call them balls, to you it's a normal circular light), whereas a green arrow indicates protected movements, and the new draft MUTCD proposes even more schemes. Personally, I'm a fan of the green ball, but if I saw some evidence that another scheme was safer, I'd switch over in a heartbeat. Can I print this off as a "get out of jail free" card when an officer eventually pulls me over for making a left on red? As a driver, I seriously feel that protected lefts fall into two categories: 1. Unsafe intersection to yield/use own judgement 2. Cover up some retarded design or to appease some locals who go 5 miles under the speed limit An example of #1 could 6 lanes divided intersection or stuff that's on hills or around bends; fairly legit. #2 is way more common and can be found on 4 lanes divided local highways where it's completely level and visibility is whatever the weather dictates.
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Jul 29, 2009 09:33
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