10-25-2016, 10:56 PM
(10-25-2016, 09:11 PM)embe Wrote: Like any turn you wait until there's a safe opening (people that don't, risk an accident making any type of turn let alone a u-turn). Should be interesting to see if u-turns are only allowed on advance greens. If Parkside does end up being the first u-turn point to get southbound on 85 I imagine a lot of people are going to do their u-turns by Forbes Mazda.
If King St N doesn't get widened to 4 lanes between the St. Jacobs exit and Northland Rd (it really should, don't know why it hasn't already), why not a dedicated right turn lane onto King from the St. Jacobs off ramp. One of the two left turn lanes could also easily handle thru traffic without backing up those turning right at the red light. Nice and safe + convenient...some might even call it progress
Like any other traffic action requiring human judgement, sometimes people make mistakes, that can happen either with the u-turn or the left turn. However, turning across one lane of traffic is less risky than turning across 3, especially when there are diverging islands and limited visibility when turning across 3 lanes. Further, since there is a light with an advance green, many or even most drivers will be turning with a protected signal anyway, resulting in far less risk.
As for Forbes Mazda, that is also not an option as the diagram shows that will be a right-in-right-out entrance. So far as I know there will be no unsignalized left turns allowed over the rapidway.