| Traffic Sign Question I was driving through Virginia on I-77 last weekend, and I noticed that every one of the on-ramps had a No Left Turn sign. I have never seen this before. Does anyone know why they put those there? Its not like you can really make a left turn anyway. |
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 LazManPremium
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canada | Don't know about the interstates; but up here, we had a real bad run of wrong-way drivers on our high-speed, controlled access highways last year... Several fatal accidents; and more near-misses...
Perhaps a last-ditch attempt to prevent the same sort of thing? |
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 John GaltForward, MarchPremium
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Just to clarify for other readers, the sign is located at the top of the on-ramp immediately before you merge into the highway. |
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People that couldn't figure that out themselves, shouldn't be allowed to breed. You can't fix stupid. |
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said by Delco24:I was driving through Virginia on I-77 last weekend, and I noticed that every one of the on-ramps had a No Left Turn sign. I have never seen this before. Does anyone know why they put those there? Its not like you can really make a left turn anyway.
They don't build 'em the smartest in VA. Probably related to the proximity to DC.
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They put those signs up for stupid drivers (who should not even be on the road). Yes they can and do make left turns from the on ramp. Probably also something to do with CYA, so when a stupid driver turns left from the on ramp in to traffic that cannot say there was no sign telling them not to. I've seen them in other states too.
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 Fir_Na_TineGiggity GiggityPremium
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As has been already said people do the stupidest things on the road. Even with all the signs in the world. I've been OTR truck driving and have seen a lot of scary stuff. Anything and everything can and will happen.
My most hated on ramp nuts. Those who stop at the top that think they can merge from a stop when traffic is flying by at 65 mph or more. I've seen countless Grannies do this. I've been caught behind them a few times. It is also called an acceleration ramp.
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4 edits | said by Fir_Na_Tine:As has been already said people do the stupidest things on the road. Even with all the signs in the world. I've been OTR truck driving and have seen a lot of scary stuff. Anything and everything can and will happen.
My most hated on ramp nuts. Those who stop at the top that think they can merge from a stop when traffic is flying by at 65 mph or more. I've seen countless Grannies do this. I've been caught behind them a few times. It is also called an acceleration ramp.
NOT true! Some do have stop signs & traffic lights, but stop signs are very rare. Traffic lights are not rare very common here in los angeles (ON RAMP HOV Lane Exempt)
Ramp meters are independent per lane per the sensor reading. (some are not independent per lane )
First photo is of I-110/CA-110
second is the interchange for the CA-134/I210 |
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Wormtown | reply to Delco24
Re: Traffic Sign Question the sign maker has a friend in the highway department
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said by Cabal:They don't build 'em the smartest in VA. Probably related to the proximity to DC West Virginia. I 77 is out in the boonies. Those guys are probably more familiar with hard gravel packed roads and the nuances of an interstate elude them. |
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Probably because someone's brother-in-law has the contract for making and posting signs.
In NJ, they put a one-way sign on the center divider/median of the main highway. Here's an example - »goo.gl/maps/WJWz2 |
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...nah, those 'No Left Turn' signs aren't there for the Virginians (well, _maybe_ they are for some folks down in lower-slower VA...  )...
They're put there so drivers from New Jersey don't drive into oncoming traffic if/when they get a little over-zealous while enjoying their new-found freedoms (being able to turn left, pump their own gas, not having to stop every 3 miles for toll booths, etc etc etc...) |
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kudos:2 | reply to beck
said by beck:People that couldn't figure that out themselves, shouldn't be allowed to breed. You can't fix stupid.
Agreed! |
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 Vchat20Landing is the REAL challengePremium
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Columbus, OH | reply to Anonymous_
said by Anonymous_:said by Fir_Na_Tine:As has been already said people do the stupidest things on the road. Even with all the signs in the world. I've been OTR truck driving and have seen a lot of scary stuff. Anything and everything can and will happen.
My most hated on ramp nuts. Those who stop at the top that think they can merge from a stop when traffic is flying by at 65 mph or more. I've seen countless Grannies do this. I've been caught behind them a few times. It is also called an acceleration ramp.
NOT true! Some do have stop signs & traffic lights, but stop signs are very rare. Traffic lights are not rare very common here in los angeles (ON RAMP HOV Lane Exempt) Ramp meters are independent per lane per the sensor reading. (some are not independent per lane ) First photo is of I-110/CA-110 second is the interchange for the CA-134/I210 Yes, there are metered ramps as you point out (we have a couple rare ones here in Columbus that seem like they have went into complete disuse) but they halt you at the bottom of the ramp, giving you time to get up to sufficient enough speed to merge by the time you hit the top of the ramp.
I have had first hand experience on a few rare occasions of what Fir_Na_Tine  is talking about: Someone who comes up to the very top of the ramp right at merge-point and stops. This is completely different from ramp metering.
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This just has to be a CYA. Someone, somewhere in VA decided to do the left-turn in the middle of the on-ramp. They probably died or were injured someway doing it and sued the state. The state lost the case and legislation kicked in mandating the 'don't-be-stupid' sign.
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 DataDocMy avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.Premium
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Greenville, NC | reply to Kluge
I'm surprised the sign isn't obscured by the junk New York drivers throw from their cars.
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said by beck:People that couldn't figure that out themselves, shouldn't be allowed to breed. You can't fix stupid.
problem is that the stupid people sue.
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kudos:1 | reply to ImpldConsent
said by ImpldConsent:This just has to be a CYA. Someone, somewhere in VA decided to do the left-turn in the middle of the on-ramp. They probably died or were injured someway doing it and sued the state. The state lost the case and legislation kicked in mandating the 'don't-be-stupid' sign.
might not be legislation, but an overzealous interpretation of current code.
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BobAccount deleted
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New Jersey | reply to Delco24
Wrong-way, head-on crash on the NY State Thruway today - »www.timesunion.com/local/article···0071.php |
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