How to use a crossroads

Sugar Free · 23 Apr 2010 at 15:22

A fairly inane question this but still, I'd like to know.

Several times a week I have an issue with this crossroads. Both the left and right roads go green at the same time and if there's enough traffic exiting from the left road they get a green filter to turn right whilst the road on the right gets a red light.

Now I had some woman turn right from the road on the left in to my path (I was exiting the right hand side road going to turn left). Now we both had a green light but since I was turning left and she was turning right I have priority? Correct?

Sugar Free · 23 Apr 2010 at 15:40

That's what I thought but it happens so often that I thought I might be going crazy. :confused:

Sugar Free · 23 Apr 2010 at 23:14

markweatherill said:
It sounds like either the lady didn't have the green filter light allowing her to turn right, or she did have the green filter light and you went through the red light.

Or very bad traffic planning on the light sequence, allowing both of you to see a green light.

edit: just spotted 'we both had a green light'. That disagrees with 'if there's enough traffic exiting from the left road they get a green filter to turn right whilst the road on the right gets a red light'

Both roads get green for a certain time. If there's still cars exiting from the left road they also get an exclusive green filter for x seconds.

Maybe it's because the roads are staggered everyone thinks the roads are controlled independently...

Sugar Free · 24 Apr 2010 at 02:21

Looks like that first exit is wide enough for two lanes... a bit odd having a single lane dual carriageway.