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Originally Posted by Escape Artist
Exactly! It’s about sight lines, not this idea that some people have bad vision so they shouldn’t even be driving, as one commenter suggested. If it’s a large truck or SUV opposite I can’t see around them and if I pull out too far I might be clipped by an on-coming car. It’s bad road design/engineering.
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That's right, when there is a truck, sometimes a pick-up or a large SUV, you might not be able to see oncoming traffic. That's simple---you don't go if you can't see, even if the driver behind is "pressuring you" or honking. That's a given. But that's not what we are discussing. What some are proposing is that the yellow flashing arrow be changed to red when the straight away light turns green. This means you sit there. You sit there if it is clear no one is coming. You sit there at 10 PM when there is no traffic. You sit there for absolutely no reason other than a few morons turned right in front of oncoming traffic. As Judge Judy says, "You can't fix stupid". And guess what---a red arrow won't fix stupid either---they will just find another way to manifest their stupidity.