I had an experience somewhat like that in the 80's in Savannah. I was northbound on Abercorn, which is a 6 lane divided highway that starts at I-95 and runs all the way downtown. I was in the suburbs in the left turn lane but was going to make a U-turn to go back to a store. Being in the turn lane it triggered the arrow on my light. When I got the arrow and started my turn and completed my U-turn into the middle lane of the 3 lanes. A car that had to be doing 60 mph and was going through the red on the other side blew by me in the third or outside lane. Had I made a regular left turn I probably would of met that car in a t-bone situation, but by turning completely left and only going to the second lane, we missed by about 3 feet and I still remember to this day what almost happened.
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