Comment by SoftTalker

5 hours ago

one thing that drives me nuts is a left turn arrow that isn't long enough to clear all the cars waiting in the left turn lane. So often, it would only need another 5-10 seconds but it seems to have a limit that it can't exceed. This leads to frustrated drivers trying to squeeze through on the yellow light or even the red.

Also red left turn signals should not be a thing. If there's a gap in the oncoming traffic you should be allowed to turn left across it as long as the straight-ahead traffic has a green light.

> red left turn signals should not be a thing

Where I live (in the PNW) they mostly are not a thing any more. The only ones remaining are there because the combination of sight line and traffic speed makes them too dangerous to turn into flashing yellow. Not sure if that has spread to other regions, but I would guess it is heading towards being universal pretty quickly.