"facw" (facw)
08/31/2020 at 22:28 • Filed to: Rants, left turn
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"facw" (facw)
08/31/2020 at 22:28 • Filed to: Rants, left turn | 0
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Near me there’s a left turn lane where people routinely go straight through. Seriously about a quarter of the time, including when I went by today. I think they’d probably do so more often if they weren’t blocked by cars actually turning left. I went to street view and bam.. there’s an Infinity going straight through from the only lane:
I mean I get that it’s a little confusing because the non-turn lane jukes a bit to avoid a parking lane that starts up and maybe they could paint the lines a little more clearly for that, but seriously there are two painted arrows, a “Left lane must turn left” sign, a left turn only sign on a gantry above the lane, and a pavement marking in the intersection to show that the right lane cuts over to the middle. I think people should get it.
So in summary, to the Mercedes that pulled out of McDonald’s into that lane (cutting across, and blocking traffic in the lane they needed to be in) and then tried to go straight through from the turn lane, nearly hitting me, I don’t regret laying on the horn at you (and I do regret that only one of my horns work), but giving you the finger may have been too much, so I apologize for that, though I do still think you should lose your license and have to retest to get it back.
Creepy Ronald at said McDonald’s for your time:
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onlytwowheels
> facw
08/31/2020 at 23:22 |
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As a person that spent more than 30 years living and 15 years driving in the bay state, we know why the term M@zzhole was created.
Urambo Tauro
> facw
08/31/2020 at 23:23 |
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If it were me, I would start looking for excuses to use that lane for its intended purpose as often as possible, taking a slightly longer way home (or to w o rk or whateve r) and secretly hoping for busy traffic to give me a reason to stop there and patiently wait for a nice big opening in oncoming traffic to actually make the turn.
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> facw
08/31/2020 at 23:24 |
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There are lots of those mid intersection lane shifts and I have a weird sense for when people are going to pretend they can proceed straight. It’s something about them that tells me they’re a complete buffoon who doesn’t know the first thing about following painted lines on the ground.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> facw
08/31/2020 at 23:27 |
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Sometimes it’s user error. Sometimes it’s designer error. Maybe more signage would help?
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facw
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
08/31/2020 at 23:39 |
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There’s already three signs, plus the pavement markings. I’m really not sure how much more you can ask of the road designers here. I mean I’m sure it could no doubt be improved, but what’s there seems quite reasonable.
Editor_In_Grief
> facw
09/01/2020 at 02:23 |
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God help anyone who parks in that first parallel space after the intersection. The lane shift is greater for the through lane than the turning lane. It looks like some good ol’ pat-on-the-back municipal engineering. The solid line and arrows for the left turn lane should be extended back. Take out a couple of parking spaces and smooth out the lane shift for through traffic. In lieu of a mountable island, apply yellow diagonal paint markings to the unused pavement at the bottom right of the image .