If that image is specific to some states driving handbook it sure as hell isn't California's. Been driving here 12 years and never seen someone cross traffic to make a left turn.

Also I can see just fine as long as there isn't a mega truck or and SUV in the oncoming left hand turn lane so yea maybe stop driving a soccer mom gas guzzler and stay on the right side of traffic.

Also despite being sexist my gut reaction was that a woman posted that

this is how it is done in a lot of places around the world, though clearly it would lead to a lot of accidents in the USA.

Michigan has really weird turn lanes. Not sure where this is from though.

I could adapt on the fly no problem just weird to see

That is pretty idiotic. I think the wrong image is arguably more correct because there is less travel distance involved.

Except convention is to drive on the right. Saw an accident in a parking garage that tries to do that method recently

what about the people crossing the highway who have to stop in the middle? are they supposed to veer to the left when they hit the median?

fb poster is right and you are all blights on society

Stop being so alarmist. #3 and #5 can switch any time they want.

Seems to me like this is how it's done everywhere I've driven in the U.S.A.

("This" being the image labeled correct)

Are you involved in a lot of accidents?

1 in the last 20 years. And that was being stopped in traffic and some bonehead texting ramming me from behind at about 65 MPH.

I feel like I must be missing something here, but why would you ever turn left into the oncoming traffic lane?

Not sure I've ever seen a sort of intersection or highway or whatever the hell that image is supposed to represent that actually looked like that

I've seen that in NC

What if you take out the medians?

No, people crossing the median can stay on the right because they're obviously going to wait until traffic is clear before crossing. If there was going to be a conflict with turning traffic, someone going straight should have stopped short of the road since clearly the traffic on the double lane road has the right of way.

Maybe people are imagining the median to be larger than actually pictured. If the median is so wide that you can fit multiple cars in one direction on it and it's basically a cross road with lane markings and everything, then you stay to the right. If the median is only wide enough to fit one car and there are no lane markings, it's basically just part of an intersection. When you're turning at a left green arrow do you try to cut across the path of traffic turning left in the opposite direction? No, because that's ridiculous. That's the kind of intersection pictured.

I take it back. Now you mention this, I've seen streets with medians that had you turn that specific way, but only because there were one way turn areas for each side laid out that way. So, by design you were forced to turn like that.

Seems a better option than just hoping people guess how you want something used.

I was taught (in drivers ed like 30 years ago) to creep out into the intersection so that when you get an opening you can make your turn faster without surprising anyone.

Also, around here at most standard 4-way intersections they don't give traffic in both directions a green arrow at the same time. The will stop traffic in one direction, then give a left green arrow and a green light for the traffic in the other direction. At some point the green arrow turns to red and now both directions have red arrows but green lights for going straight. Eventually the straight traffic that was going first gets a red light and the oncoming traffic which already had a green for going straight keeps going straight and also gets a left green arrow.

I can think of 2 large intersections here that do give lefts at the same time. Both have painted turning lanes and both route the traffic inside (to the left) of the opposite turning left traffic. (So basically what the picture labeled as wrong and what you guys say is correct.)

Also, I did a web search and found plenty of examples that say I'm wrong for standard intersections. So we're obviously ******ed up here in the Northeast. Or I'm ******ed and somehow have never managed to hit anyone.

If you called that woman a cougar IRL she would throw a drink in your face.

JFC at the ****ing driving **** derailing the Facebook thread now too. Pure AIDS always.

Like dis if you rage evrytim.

44 people like this ****?

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