As long as you plan on going straight, you should go blue . The only way you'd need to go red in when you wish to immediately make that left turn as dictated by the left turn arrow and "ONLY" in that lane.
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Edited by HurtfulTurkey: 3/25/2013 5:24:23 PMSo you're saying the inner-left lane (on the north side) can turn into either the inner left lane or middle lane on the east side, and that the middle lane on the north should always turn into the farthest lane on the east? (Middle lane north always blue, inner lane north either red or blue)
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That's how I'd interpret it, although I'm a Brit... The other thing to bear in mind is traffic conditions - if you are on the inner left land from the north, then trying to merge into the centre lane during the turn could be a real pain to other road users if they are around. Possibly better to take the inside lane and merge out later. Depends how far the next junction is.
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Edited by GHOST270: 3/25/2013 5:27:42 PMYes. What happens when the person on the inner left takes blue and the person in the middle also turning left goes red? Result, two idiots arguing. In that case, it would appear to me that the dude who went blue is at fault, since he tried to merge into someone else's quartepanel. Looks like to me the driver in the inner left should have access to either the left only lane or the center straight, while the driver coming from the center should have acess to the outer straight(bottom).
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What I don't understand is why they civil engineer that designed it would assume the inner left turners should have access to both lanes without painting a line for the folks in the middle lane. I always just assumed that barring instruction you don't change lanes in a turn (pretending the physical lane just curved left). It confuses me every time, and while I've changed my driving habits to not get in a car accident every afternoon, it still baffles me.
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Edited by RighteousTyrant: 3/25/2013 6:31:53 PM[quote](pretending the physical lane just curved left). [/quote]To carry out this logic, you'd have to assume that they designed it thinking that everyone in the inner left turn lane wants to make a U-turn, since that lane "continues" into another turn lane after the junction in the red scenario. It seems more logical to assume they designed it to allow the people turning left (from either lane) to continue in that direction after the turn, rather than to make another left turn. (Of course, depending on traffic patterns, that may very well have been the case, which is why the best solution is to paint some damn lines on it so there's no question.)
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Exactly what I was going to say.