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Old 02-20-2016, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
I believe red left turning lights will grab people's attention. Most people obey red lights; they wouldn't be out there in the middle of a busy intersection.
Might help, but overall I disagree with this philosophy. You just end up sitting there waiting for an entire cycle of the lights while there may be no one coming in the opposite direction. There are plenty of turns off 44 where there is no light at all, should we put a traffic light with red arrows at every one of them? The problem is that you're trying to fix stupid, and that doesn't work. If you are too blind, or too inattentive to know when you can make a left off a high speed highway, perhaps you should stay off that road.