First-of-its-kind intersection in P.E.I. requires 11 instructional videos to explain

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The Canadian Press Staff


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CHARLOTTETOWN -- Worried there will be confusion when a new type of intersection is completed in Charlottetown, the P.E.I. government has produced no less than 11 instructional videos for drivers.

Described as a first in Canada, the busy intersection near Hillsborough Park will soon feature two so-called displaced left turn lanes on the Trans-Canada Highway.

The strangely hypnotic videos, produced with highly detailed computer animation, show every conceivable option for drivers approaching the redesigned roadways, which include new restrictions on turning right on a red light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvQebZP-NSw

Stephen Yeo, chief engineer for the province's Transportation Department, says the new lanes are designed to ease congestion at a junction that handles about 45,000 vehicles daily during the tourist season.

Yeo says under the current configuration, motorists turning left from the Trans-Canada Highway can sometimes wait up to 20 minutes to complete the manoeuvre onto St. Peters Road.

He says the new intersection is expected to open to traffic as early as Nov. 15.

[DemonGeminiX]

Yeah, ok... that's gonna go over well. :lol:

[FBD]

when you play around with parameters in sim city, civil engineer version :lol: eureka! on paper, this says...

[lost in melb.]

That's weird. You're all on the wrong side of the road :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Traffic Engineer: You know, there just aren't enough traffic accidents that occur when people are making left hand turns at a 4 way intersection. I wonder how we can increase that and cause more accidents and in many different ways? :-k

[FBD]

Traffic Engineer: You know, there just aren't enough traffic accidents that occur when people are making left hand turns at a 4 way intersection. I wonder how we can increase that and cause more accidents and in many different ways? :-k

guaranteed his calculations merely proved a better flow rate given optimal theoretical conditions :lol:

[Griffin]

I'm missing the benefit. All I see is that it now requires 2 stops and cross traffic twice to turn left.

[Godfather]

I hope they have a live camera there like that bridge in the UK so we can watch the fuckups this causes for years to come.

[FBD]

I hope they have a live camera there like that bridge in the UK so we can watch the fuckups this causes for years to come.

wont be as entertaining as 11 foot 8 .com tho :lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

So you could carry on to the next light and make a left, or they could spend a bunch of money to make it confusing and take you more time to make original left that was existing

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So you could carry on to the next light and make a left, or they could spend a bunch of money to make it confusing and take you more time to make original left that was existing

I'm going to guess there is no left turn allowed at the next light after that left-handed exit.