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Don’t forget that left turns are from the right lane.
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Don’t forget that left turns are from the right lane.
fholbert
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The jug handle. First time someone gave me directions in NJ I was really confused.
NovemberEcho
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the Tracon is in NY
NovemberEcho
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Once you’re aware of their existence, the jug handle is the far superior traffic pattern to the left turn lane, although still below the roundabout. In areas of high traffic jug handle prevents the left turn lane from backing up beyond its capacity and causing a backlog in the straight lanes. Also, if going straight and you time it right, you pull on to the jug handle and your light turns red and then make a right at the end of the jug and bypass the red light.
web265
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Too much work, just go through the business on the corner then make a left and a right! Also, a lot of the jug handles are on the far side of the intersection
fholbert
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Those have been adopted at a number of busy intersections in the city of TUS, but haven’t been adopted in metro PHX.
However here, they aren’t called a jug handle, they are called a “Michigan left turn”, as their formal name.
They're different things.
"Massachusetts may have its rotary, and New Jersey is filled with jughandles, but Michigan has an asphalt anomaly all its own: the “Michigan Left” is a means of replacing bothersome left turns with a U-turn that follows the intersection."
The Michigan Left Turn – Lamented and Loved
A look at one of the quirkier traffic solutions in America - the Michigan Left - and how it works toward Michigan driver improvement.
www.idrivesafely.com
Jughandle - Wikipedia
They're different things.
"Massachusetts may have its rotary, and New Jersey is filled with jughandles, but Michigan has an asphalt anomaly all its own: the “Michigan Left” is a means of replacing bothersome left turns with a U-turn that follows the intersection."
The Michigan Left Turn – Lamented and Loved
A look at one of the quirkier traffic solutions in America - the Michigan Left - and how it works toward Michigan driver improvement.
Jughandle - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Ah, ok. I was reading the descriptions here of said jughandle, and it appeared at first read to mirror the Michigan left turn. Good to know.
Gotta say that at first, many people hated the Michigan left, but it seems to have grown on people in that it keeps intersections from being jammed up in the middle with cars waiting to make a left turn.
I've gotta say, in the right places they do work well. There's a four lane divided near me that carries a pretty heavy load of traffic. Traffic signals are 1/2 mile to 1 mile apart, and are timed, which means the next slug of solid traffic is just getting to your "left" turn intersection just as your light turns green, and remains solid traffic until your light is turning red. By sending you a few hundred feet further up the road you end up in perfect position to make the U-turn/right-turn combo just as the gap in traffic shows up, and a whole bunch of fellow "left-turners" make it on their desired route instead of just the couple that would make it on a standard left turn. And it does so without needing a left-turn-only green light which would extend the whole timing pattern and slow everyone down.
at first it was hated by everyone here because no one was used to it. But it seems like it has gotten more and more acceptance over the year, due to the efficiency you describe here.