Just before the latest Snowpocalypse, I noticed this slightly odd set
of roadworks and thought there was probably a sign missing.
This is a fairly conventional closure of half of the road.
Because the single-lane bit goes round a corner and you can't see from
one end to the other, there are lights to control the traffic. That's
all fair enough.
Further down the hill, there are the usual "road works" and "traffic
signals" signs. That's also fair enough.
But there is a road to the left – the one the orange car is coming
along, in the photo – and that is not subject to the traffic lights;
if you come out of it and turn right down the hill, the lights will
never be facing you. So there really ought to be a "JOINING TRAFFIC
NOT SIGNAL CONTROLLED" sign to warn drivers coming up the hill. (For
that matter, it ought to be clearer that traffic coming up the hill
and turning left is not subject to the lights – and that traffic
coming from the left and turning left is.)
I realise that this is an awkward bit of road to have to close, but I
think this has been done surprisingly badly. There are guides to this
sort of thing, which generally get it right. Anyone know if there's a
free copy available that I could check?
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