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Re:In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from ... by Skunkleton on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:18PM (#29465858)
"blinking yellow left arrow" is the same thing as not having a protected turn at all.
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Re:In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from ... by worker767424 on Monday December 06, 2021 @05:40PM (#29466657)
But it cues your brain that it might not be safe to turn left.
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Re:In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from ... by rootusrootus on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:22PM (#29465899)
Not quite. Yellow blinking left arrows are always for a protected left turn lane. So when blinking, it does become more like an unprotected 'turn left on green' type of light, but you don't have the straight-through traffic coming up behind you, since you're on a dedicated turn lane. And the yellow flashing arrow is usually timed so that it happens at the safest time to make an unprotected left.
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Re:In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from ... by giantg2 on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:24PM (#29465920)
Not always. There are mixed lanes that also have arrow lights from the turns.
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Re:In 2019 40% of San Francisco traffic fatalities are from ... by rootusrootus on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:37PM (#29466055)
That's fair. Not anywhere in my state. But road design isn't 100% consistent across the US.
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