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Reduce Traffic - Turn left on a RED
"mookie89" wrote in message
y.com... FWIW, here in the States there was quite a controversy when the idea was first floated for Right Turn on Red. The nay-sayers complained of the hundreds of thousands of pedestrians that would perish. There was, in fact, quite a learning curve (no pun intended) and there were some tragic crashes at first, but all-in-all it seems to work just fine now. As for a dedicated right turn lane (left in the UK), while we do have some, the bulk of intersections have none. Therefore if car #1 goes straight and car #2 wants to turn, car #2 waits for the traffic signal to change. What would really help here in the USA is British style roundabouts. I love driving in your country because the roundabouts at least keep traffic somewhat flowing as opposed to what someone else in this thread said about waiting for signals to change when not a cross traffic or pedestrian is in sight. BTW, if we want to turn left (in the USA) on to a one-way street that only goes to the left and we are also on a one-way street, we can legally turn left. What would be worth importing is the US "Stop 4-ways" system. Far better than the mini-roundabouts which infest our roads. I also like the Dutch idea, where a road with 2 lanes in each direction changes to 3 and one at traffic lights, one for right turn, one for straight ahead and one for left turns, all synchronised to allow turns without conflicting movements. -- Terry Harper, Web Co-ordinator, The Omnibus Society 75th Anniversary 2004, see http://www.omnibussoc.org/75th.htm E-mail: URL: http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk/ |
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