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BureauOfBureaucrats t1_jdh9575 wrote

Reply to comment by ssgonzalez11 in FYI: The light-up “no left turn” sign isn’t a suggestion, the traffic signal will literally never serve you. Always see drivers waiting on my morning commute by Andrew_64_MC

This is extremely poorly designed.

When No Left Turn is illuminated, there should be a green forward arrow and signage indicating to proceed straight forward into the left turn lane for Shepherd Street.

I’ll add that from the start of the left turn lane (back near the McDonalds) that illuminated sign may not be visible enough in certain circumstances - eg heavy traffic with vehicles in front of the driver obstructing lines of sight.

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wagonboss t1_jdh83mg wrote

Reply to comment by wagonboss in massive fire on belle isle rocks by ceededcrotch

Thanks to all for the upvotes, just a little more of an explanation for ya. It’s not a perfect science, and I’m not a meteorologist- so I’ll do my best. In the morning humidity is typically higher from overnight. As temperatures rise, humidity drops. When it’s below 20% and combined with dry conditions and wind, it becomes very conducive to fire spread. So the 4pm burn law was created to skip the worst of it. Usually it starts to raise before that time, but it’s a compromise as I’m sure when the law was created there was some push back. Today the humidity doesn’t dip super low, but here’s an example of it raising throughout the afternoon:

https://preview.redd.it/gl4vrvwdtppa1.jpeg?width=1202&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=7a0e206e4f15b0937e2a66d243be1043a28fa7c9

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inspektalam t1_jdh722y wrote

Reply to comment by 10698 in FYI: The light-up “no left turn” sign isn’t a suggestion, the traffic signal will literally never serve you. Always see drivers waiting on my morning commute by Andrew_64_MC

I’m pretty sure you missed the point. The lane actually does permit left turning - when the light is green. The drivers sitting there don’t realize that because the “no left turn” sign is lit, the left turn signal will never change.

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aakaase t1_jdh4bab wrote

Reply to FYI: The light-up “no left turn” sign isn’t a suggestion, the traffic signal will literally never serve you. Always see drivers waiting on my morning commute by Andrew_64_MC

Man that is a weird configuration. So you can't make a left because the "no left turn" sign is on. So that red left arrow traffic signal must remain on indefinitely? Usually left turn traffic signals correspond to protected turn lanes—are those lanes not used during the peak times then?

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TheTariffof19892 t1_jdh2li6 wrote

Reply to comment by Hiltson87 in FYI: The light-up “no left turn” sign isn’t a suggestion, the traffic signal will literally never serve you. Always see drivers waiting on my morning commute by Andrew_64_MC

This isn't a state based thing. It'll be like this as long as people keep automatically getting their liscenses after a "state approved" education program (which usually consist of precisely 0 education)

Edit: That being said, I'd like to nominate New Jersey as having the worst drivers

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