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Originally Posted by photon
17th Ave out from the city to Chestermere is a complete gong show for this stuff now.
At 84th going westbound, it splits into 2 lanes before the intersection, and then merges back into 1 after. Brilliant. So people all go into the right lane to pass everyone, and then have to merge back in.
And the REAL good use for it, to get around slow trucks, is futile because the trucks all stay in the left lane.
Then further up, they do the same thing.. except they painted left turn arrow on the road but then erased it (or it wore off), and there's no other signs, so no one knows if they're supposed to go in the right lane to go through (which the lines seem to indicate) or stay in the left lane (which used to be indicated, but the signage isn't clear enough).
Either way, it creates this exact kind of speed up to merge a few cars ahead kind of situation, except people are passing on the right too..
Terrible.
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We play hockey out in Chestemere a lot, and I know the exact intersection you're talking about. I think it wore off, and it's annoying as hell because people in both lanes look at the drivers in the other lane like their ######ed.
Personally, I was used to the left turning mark on the road, so I go to the right lane. But it really doesn't matter who goes to which lane for what reason, as whenever there's lots of traffic, half the people go to the left and half the people go to the right, and the people in the left lane all look to the right and go "bunch of idiots, think they can go in the wrong lane and get ahead of me"...and the people in right lane look over and go "bunch of idiots, think they can use the turning lane to get ahead of me".
