Dear Know-it-All…
Published 3/24/06
Q: I’ve got a low IQ and a driver’s license. When I want to turn left at a green light, I sometimes forget that — even with the green — the oncoming traffic has right of way. Is there any way to remind stupid people like me to yield on a left turn?
A: Why, yes, as a matter of fact there is.
Leland says:
Background: For many years, some engineers have had concerns that drivers turning left on a permissive circular green signal indication might inadvertently mistake that indication as implying the left turn has the right of way over opposing traffic, especially under some geometric conditions.
Okay… For real now, who writes this stuff? A permissive circular green signal indication? (That’s a “green light” to us lay people.) Someone is not getting enough fresh air.