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AIBU to think CF right-turners should not use the left-turn queue? DIAGRAM INCLUDED.

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Holidaydreaminggg · 23/04/2026 11:11

Yellow drivers in very slow moving traffic. Blue cars all moving with no traffic. This means that the queue of pink cars turning right can be quite long (maybe 10 cars long).
Grey cars turning left always get out quite quickly as the blue cars have no traffic.

I notice quite a few cars that are turning right at this junction join the queue of grey cars rather than pink. (EG. The grey car circled). This slows down the people turning left as obviously these people need to wait for somebody in the yellow queue to let them in. They obviously join this queue as it’s much quicker moving than the pink queue (as the majority are turning left).

AIBU in thinking the way this junction is designed is so that the people turning left can do so quickly without having to wait for gaps in the traffic for people turning right?

The central island is fairly big and contains many trees. My drawing is quite a bit out of scale - the middle island is probably three full road widths in size.

AIBU to think CF right-turners should not use the left-turn queue? DIAGRAM INCLUDED.
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Credittocress · 23/04/2026 12:16

Holidaydreaminggg · 23/04/2026 11:44

I’m sorry but what does this have to do with this question?
Nobody is going to be frightened on this junction nor will anybody accidentally be doing this. It’s all parents doing a school drop off.

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Well this is the first mention of schools or anything. You basically asked if someone happens to be in the wrong lane should I let them in. In my view yes you should, we need to accept humans driving cars may make wrong decisions, it’s up to the police to police this, not other drivers

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Holidaydreaminggg · 23/04/2026 11:44

Credittocress · 23/04/2026 11:41

I had a terrifying experience on a motorway a few weeks ago, where I entered the motorway on a slip road and there was only one lane open. I had to cross three closed lanes to enter in the open lane. If I had gone through the gantry I would have got points. All the drivers in the open lane refused to let me in leaving me stranded.

They were obviously convinced that I had slipped up the line of traffic to avoid the queue and had taken it upon themselves to police the situation and not let me in. What they didn’t realise was I had only just come on via the slip road.

They left me incredibly frightened for several minutes as a 5 cars kept nose to tail to not be the one to let me in.

It isn’t up to you to police the road. You don’t know the situation, and you can put other users in dangerous situations and cause unnecessary stress and distraction.

I’m sorry but what does this have to do with this question?
Nobody is going to be frightened on this junction nor will anybody accidentally be doing this. It’s all parents doing a school drop off.

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Credittocress · 23/04/2026 11:41

I had a terrifying experience on a motorway a few weeks ago, where I entered the motorway on a slip road and there was only one lane open. I had to cross three closed lanes to enter in the open lane. If I had gone through the gantry I would have got points. All the drivers in the open lane refused to let me in leaving me stranded.

They were obviously convinced that I had slipped up the line of traffic to avoid the queue and had taken it upon themselves to police the situation and not let me in. What they didn’t realise was I had only just come on via the slip road.

They left me incredibly frightened for several minutes as a 5 cars kept nose to tail to not be the one to let me in.

It isn’t up to you to police the road. You don’t know the situation, and you can put other users in dangerous situations and cause unnecessary stress and distraction.

HurryUpHilda · 23/04/2026 11:30

One solution. Would be to make the island an oversized roundabout.if the flow of yellow cars is much greater than red you would prob need traffic lights to control that flow at the North end. Blue and black could continue north without lights.
Is the right turn black car a CF or just using their initiative? It’s a bit cheeky and a bit anti social but sometimes needs must.
In a parallel universe bus lanes and cycle lanes might also be useful to reduce congestion in this area.

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Holidaydreaminggg · 23/04/2026 11:25

Kitt1 · 23/04/2026 11:22

Great diagram but YABU.

What if the people in the grey car are following a Sat Nav that tells them to turn right at the later junction?

Sometimes people find themselves in the ‘wrong’ lane because they’re unfamiliar with the area.

If you’re getting frustrated about having to wait a few seconds, perhaps you shouldn’t be behind the wheel of a car?

Impatient stupid drivers are the ones who cause the most unnecessary accidents.

I’m also usually in the pink queue! But I see CF joining the grey queue to turn right.

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Holidaydreaminggg · 23/04/2026 11:24

Kitt1 · 23/04/2026 11:22

Great diagram but YABU.

What if the people in the grey car are following a Sat Nav that tells them to turn right at the later junction?

Sometimes people find themselves in the ‘wrong’ lane because they’re unfamiliar with the area.

If you’re getting frustrated about having to wait a few seconds, perhaps you shouldn’t be behind the wheel of a car?

Impatient stupid drivers are the ones who cause the most unnecessary accidents.

Hmmm, i don’t think the junction is big enough for a sat nav to tell them to turn right after the ‘island’. You can see the entire thing upon approach. It’s definitely “one junction” rather than two separate ones.

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Kitt1 · 23/04/2026 11:22

Great diagram but YABU.

What if the people in the grey car are following a Sat Nav that tells them to turn right at the later junction?

Sometimes people find themselves in the ‘wrong’ lane because they’re unfamiliar with the area.

If you’re getting frustrated about having to wait a few seconds, perhaps you shouldn’t be behind the wheel of a car?

Impatient stupid drivers are the ones who cause the most unnecessary accidents.

TheMillionthBeautyAddict · 23/04/2026 11:16

YANBU