• wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I’m pretty sure it’s saying you can’t turn left onto the road to the left of the intersection. Looks like some pretty bad road design.

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      1 year ago

      I understand the intent from your graphic, but given the signage, I would not have known what they expected of me.

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        1 year ago

        The painting on the road should indicate a 45° left instead of 90° left.

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              True, although since you’re specifically referring to the angle indicated by the painting on the road, referring to the angle of the painted arrow itself would be clearer.

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                1 year ago

                ? I’m saying the painting on the road should be 45° instead of its current 90°.

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                  1 year ago

                  I think they’re saying the arrow would be drawn at a 135° angle compared to the “vertical” base.

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                    1 year ago

                    If you’re driving and someone says to do a 180° turn, do you continue driving straight or do you turn around? Angle is measured by direction of travel. Works for 90° too which is probably the confusion.

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      1 year ago

      You’re absolutely correct. I just thought it made for a funny photo. It’s very on brand for this city to do dumb shit like this.

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        I’ve been confused and made dangerous choices in traffic for less stupid reasons. Not trying to deflect all blame but considering the lowest common denominator, road construction and signs really need to pay much more attention to the limits of the human brain.

        Half of us have an IQ below 100 and we could be driving in darkness, with rain pouring down and facing traffic that shines its headlights into our eyes. The road needs to have an affordance that suggests to the driver how to drive correctly, instead of causing confusion when you already have a lot of traffic to keep track of.

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      1 year ago

      Bad road design for sure, but the sign still could be better. For example they could make a custom sign, draw the intersection and mark explicitly that you can’t turn to Oakwood.

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      This is exactly the type of content i was hoping for when i clicked on the comments. Thank you for all you hard work sluthing for an explination of a random photo. Its truly gods work that your doing.