My Other Pet-peeve: Protected Left Turn Arrows! (lane, drivers, sensor)
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My Other Pet-peeve: Protected Left Turn Arrows .... And Why I Almost Never Get One!
Here in southern CT, many roads have been widened and additional lanes with protected turn status have been added over the last twenty years.
However, when I need to make a left turn from one of these four- or six-lane roads, I never seem to get a protected left turn green arrow! No matter whether I am first in line in the left-turn-only lane, several cars behind the first car, no matter what color the light is when I am in the lane, after it turns red and completes its red cycle for my line, it goes straight to frickn' full green! Sometimes I have to wait through another full red cycle to get another chance to turn left.
When I am going straight in one of the adjacent ahead-only lanes, sure! Then the protected left turn green arrow deploys for those folks in the LTO(left turn only) lane BUT.. not if I'M in that lane!
WTH? Is it my aura? Is something to do with my presence preventing me - and thus other LTO lane drivers - from getting protected left turn status so we can get on with the rest of our day?
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Originally Posted by notnamed
That's a myth.
But do contact the city and have them check the light timing and sensors.
It can't be the timing or sensors. Re-read my original post: I did say that when I am not in a protected left turn lane, that lane does get the protected green left arrow for 10-20sec. before full green. When I am in the protected left lane - at the front, or a car or three back, it goes straight to green, I'd estimate 4 out of 5 times.
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Originally Posted by mp775
Do you tend to overrun the stop line and stop in the crosswalk?
No. I am one of the few drivers around here who knows where to stop at a marked intersection.
Very simple: When I'm in a protected left turn lane, the left-most and all other traffic signals go full green nearly every time. When I'm in any adjacent straight-ahead lane, the left-most signal always goes green arrow for that protected left lane. Dead serious.
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Originally Posted by dkf747
If it's not that, the next question is - How far back of the stop line do you stop?
I consistently try to stop so my front bumper is just over the white stop line ahead of the pedestrian zebra zone, when I am the first car in line in the protected left turn lane. I see cars half a length over the white stop line, or even half length behind it, when I am in a straight-ahead lane next to them, and they get the frickn green left arrow.
It just doesn't matter. Like I replied to notnamed, I'll get the protected left arrow maybe one out of five times I am in that lane. The other four times - straight to green. Can't win for losing!
we have many intersections here in tucson, and they all work properly. perhaps you need to move here?
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