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Old 04-03-2025, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Davonu View Post
Your actions are correct. Green ball means left turner enters intersection and waits on appropriate opening to complete turn.

Traffic engineering is what I did for a living as a Professional Engineer in the State of Florida. Florida Statute 316.122 covers left turns in the state.
I think you're 100% right, but I have a Traffic Engineer question. I suspect the Highway Safety Manual, allows you to consider the space from the "stop" to the center of the intersection, a queue space? (maybe 1 or 2 cars?).

What's the solution when someone gets stuck blocking the intersection, because there's not sufficient break in the traffic for him to execute the turn?
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