AZjeff
$50 Site Donor 2023
We're spending a week in and around Fort Collins Colorado and came across an intersection configuration I've never seen before called a displaced left turn. Hard to explain but I found a diagram of the traffic pattern. A short left turn lane starts back 50 yards or so from the intersection with a stop light or a yield sign. You have to wait until oncoming traffic clears then cross over the opposing lanes into a turning lane between the opposing lanes and the right turn lane from the traffic going from your left to right through the intersection. You can then sit there with traffic going past you on both sides until you get a green arrow to turn left. I completely missed the first time I should have used one and continued straight on. Came to another one and got a chance to study it and figure out what to do. I asked a local about them and was told they're something fairly new and studies show they reduce accidents at intersectons so more will be created around FoCo. We heard the same about traffic circles when they started putting them in at home. They may reduce accidents right up until a visitor finds one and gets it wrong. Gotta stay on your toes.