There is/was a priority system in use on Guernsey for roads having equal status. I have forgotten exactly how it worked but something like preference in order of arrival.
I suppose this would not work well where traffic is queuing at busy times.
Road planning in most councils is done by the sandals and bike brigade who have never driven cars.
So much money is wasted in the name of safety but often achieves the reverse. Who in their right minds would make two areas of the town car, pedestrian and bike sharing - in theory everyone has equal priority. The first serious accident was between a pedestrian and a push bike cyclist.
at one significant junction in Jersey the instruction is "Merge in Turn".
"Merge in Turn"
Worked very well when I last drove there 14 years ago (and it was busy, normal tourists, plus a load extra over for the full eclipse in Alderny).
We've got one like that in Cambridge.
Its a sort of square roundabout. It does say give way from the right but everyone still stops to have a look see..
Indeed, and it's not unique to Guernsey. Ought to be used a lot more IMO but sometimes you find traffic doing this anyway.
There's a busy slip road joining the M77 in Glasgow that has no merging in turn instructions but at rush hour you find everyone merging neatly in turn with the traffic on the motorway.
Tim
I'd hope not. Would be downright dangerous. Turning left, on the other hand...
I have a pet plan for motorway access: they should have a solid *no crossing* white line for some distance along the inside lane. If it works for F1 it ought to be OK for the M25!
You can blame idiot drivers for that. At one time the pedestrian green came on for a few seconds for the pedestrians to start crossing and then went red. When it went red the amber lights flashed and drivers were supposed to wait until the pedestrians had crossed and then go. The idiots just went as soon as the amber flashed even if pedestrians were still crossing. As a result they now install lights without flashing ambers and you have to wait, except for the idiots that just run the red.
When I lived in Vancouver many years ago, four-way give ways worked well because the rule was, the first person to the intersection went first, the next person second, and so on. It didn't matter from which direction you were coming, people took it in turns and went when their turn came. You know those Canadians, polite to a fault. Oh, for the good old days. .
I refer the gentleman to the Shitower.
Ours works pretty well like that, but somehow we often seem to end up with more than one car arriving at the same time (odd really as they are pretty quiet roads) and once, four arrived together!
SteveW
In the wee small hours I often ignore the reds - rather, will stop, observe, proceed with caution smartly across the junction. Fuck it, Dennis.
They can still catch you out if there's a camera.
Whats up? Are you confused or do you think all good drivers are named Dennis?
Don't try it anywhere they have cameras. In London, the cameras are on every yellow box junction with bored operators watching them 24/7 in an office. Just don't ask how I know, okay?
Shame we don't have cameras covering every food factory, warehouse, distributor, retailer, slaughterhouse, ...
Jethro_uk :
Ease traffic? That's not what it's about. As if proof were needed, there are a couple of junctions here with the exact opposite of what you describe: the red-light-although-there's-no-possibility-of-conflict- with-other-traffic system. Clearly, stopping the traffic for no good reason is the aim of the game.
SteveW :
The American system - first to stop is first to go - would seem best, but it won't work here unless they explain it.
Another line that everyone will ignore.
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