DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
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https://www.google.com/maps/@51.425...4!1sBWw8JSLtPCVNJqh2X_RpFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Approaching in the same direction as the camera car with the intention of turning right, the first couple of times I used this new junction I moved into the RH lane, expecting to have to give way to oncoming traffic until a gap appeared.
Then it dawned on me that oncoming traffic was stopped, presumably because they were being held at a red while I had a green.
Almost every signalled junction that I have encountered in my driving career where you are given priority over oncoming traffic has used a RH filter signal which, when it turns to green, indicates that you can safely turn right. As the Google Maps view shows, there is no such filter.
Is my local authority being lazy, cheapskate, or does it simply not know how these things are normally done ?
Approaching in the same direction as the camera car with the intention of turning right, the first couple of times I used this new junction I moved into the RH lane, expecting to have to give way to oncoming traffic until a gap appeared.
Then it dawned on me that oncoming traffic was stopped, presumably because they were being held at a red while I had a green.
Almost every signalled junction that I have encountered in my driving career where you are given priority over oncoming traffic has used a RH filter signal which, when it turns to green, indicates that you can safely turn right. As the Google Maps view shows, there is no such filter.
Is my local authority being lazy, cheapskate, or does it simply not know how these things are normally done ?