A Sea Of Red

Which is correct when making a U turn? We've all come across this on Wards, so lets assume there is no traffic light in this situation and there is a 75% chance you'll have to sit in the middle median area for a couple minutes waiting for opposing traffic to clear. Also, you'll notice that there's an entrance at the bottom.



U turn 1:


U turn 2:

Excellent use of MS Paint...Medic would be proud.

thank you for not answering my question. Do I turn shallow or deep? yeah yeah, that's what she said, yadda yadda.

I try to go shallow in case there is a car doing a u-turn on the other side. If no one is coming from the other direction, I just swing out wide.

SuperJon wrote:I try to go shallow in case there is a car doing a u-turn on the other side. If no one is coming from the other direction, I just swing out wide.

+1

+2

shallow...

Shallow

that's what I do too. But probably 3 times in the past month, I've been sitting there on the shallow side and some d----- will pull out of the below driveway and sit on the far side of that median area. So we're sitting on both sides of the crossing waiting for traffic. And obviously since the traffic we're both trying to turn into is going towards me, he gets the first opening. I usually just pull out a little and make him swerve or something.

thats happened alot to me too, mostly by old southern hicks coming out of bob evans

I usually don't attempt a U-turn unless there's a turning lane. Otherwise you're impeding the flow of traffic.

not if you're in the median. But I did forget to draw the turn lane.

Shallow with a couple of exceptions.
1. A dividing line in the middle (the crossing that used to exist on the expressway to get to Heritage Bap. would be an example).
2. A median that is access for an intersecting road/drive with divided lanes.

Yes, this is a constant problem at the Bob Evans "intersection" on Wards. Everyone wants to cross the road (each way) and make u-turns at the same time, but there's also the offramp flowing right into it. It's pure engineering genius.

Oh, and always go shallow. I can't stand those people who go wide at all the turning points along 460 or 29, it screws everyone else up. Turning wide is selfish=>bad driving.

The better question is is there a difference between these two signs ?????

Growing up and learning to drive in Florida I always thought there was, then I went to Lynchburg.

hurricane fan wrote:The better question is is there a difference between these two signs ?????

I'm glad i'm not the only one who can see that VA drivers have no idea about the difference in these two signs. and YES there is a difference.

At work our filter keeps blocking all these pictures, but even without seeing it I can guess you're talking about a stop and a yield sign, aren't you?

Iwasneverhere wrote:

hurricane fan wrote:The better question is is there a difference between these two signs ?????

I'm glad i'm not the only one who can see that VA drivers have no idea about the difference in these two signs. and YES there is a difference.

Stop is English for Stop.
Apparently Yield is Lynchish for Stop.

I will say this about yield signs...there are a few areas on 29 Business where they probably should just put stop signs because with no accel lane all you can do is stop and make sure you dont get plowed into by a car going at speed when you try to merge into the flow of traffic.

but the few drivers who dont stop at yield signs think it means just keep going. Yesterday coming from new london rd. got off at airport rd. and a-holes getting off the highway the other direction didnt even slow down to round the corner and nearly crashed into me, so when i swerve to miss them and pass them, they flip me off, because it IS my fault

HAHA that sucks. When I come to a yield sign, I'm looking left to see if anyone's coming... as I'm driving! I know it sounds crazy. If I don't see anyone, I fly threw the turn, if I see someone, I'll stop and wait (yield). I just hate when people drive all the way to the sign, stop, then look left. No one can drive straight and look left at the same time?

Shallow--unless I'm pulling my camper.

BJWilliams wrote:I will say this about yield signs...there are a few areas on 29 Business where they probably should just put stop signs because with no accel lane all you can do is stop and make sure you dont get plowed into by a car going at speed when you try to merge into the flow of traffic.

I think I end up having to stop (or crawl) at a Yield sign about half the time in Lynchburg, and not because someone in front of me is stopping. I think a more accurate comparison would be the difference between Stop and Merge. That is infuriating.

hurricane fan wrote:The better question is is there a difference between these two signs ?????

I'm not kidding here: I was in a car with a girl from L'Burg while at LU and she flipped out when I drove through a Yield sign. She screamed, "Aren't you going to yield?" I replied by telling her that there were no cars coming and it was safe to go. She insisted that is not how she was taught in driver's ed. She said, and I quote, "Yield means STOP." Yeah, that makes sense.