We've seen the new yellow box area at Brigg’s main traffic lights is being avoided in a rather ingenious way.You must not enter the yellow box area unless your exit is clear, meaning drivers should never bring their vehicles to a stop inside the shaded area.
To get round the problem posed by traffic being backed up right along Barnard Avenue – either side of the lights but not in the yellow area - I observed a motorist literally thinking outside the box.
Looking to emerge from Wesley Road and turn right towards Tesco, he could not do so because there was no gap in the queue of traffic along Barnard Avenue (it was nose-to-tail all the way back to the Barnard Court offices alongside the lights).
So to avoid having to stop in the yellow area he drove straight across the junction from Wesley Road until clear of the yellow shaded area (on the far right of the picture above).
Having reached the beginning of Old Courts Road he then turned sharp right, doing almost a U-turn and drew to a halt just short of Barnard Avenue, waiting for the traffic to start moving again in the direction of Cary Lane.
Clearly whoever designed the yellow shaded area didn’t think anyone would try that - or they'd have extended the box junction further back into Old Courts Road.
His tricky manoeuvre was made possible by the fact that traffic looking to emerge from Old Courts Road is halted some yards short of Barnard Avenue by the red light.
We aren't suggesting for one minute that other motorists should try this dodge. And we've only seen it happen once.
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A legitimate place for boxed junctions is on specific access points to the Monument Roundabout....this should ease the solid line of rush-hour traffic that invariably blocks the progress of motorists who want to nip off the roundabout to go to Brian's DIY, or to zip up the open thoroughfare of Wrawby Road..
ReplyDeleteThe Highway Code actually says, Scribs, 'Do not ENTER ...unless your exit is clear'....
ReplyDeleteIn fact, one is allowed to STOP/WAIT in the grid...as in the case of a motorist turning RIGHT..and whose intended exit is clear. The RIGHT turning motorist is allowed to enter the box and, if necessary, wait at the crown of the road until there is a safe gap in the traffic that is coming from the front and going straight ahead.
However, it is technically illegal for a following motorist to wait behind the first....the second car driver should wait outside the box until the first car has moved out of the box (assuming that the proposed exit remains clear).
The Highway Code actually says, Scribs, 'Do not ENTER ...unless your exit is clear'....
ReplyDeleteIn fact, one is allowed to STOP/WAIT in the grid...as in the case of a motorist turning RIGHT..and whose intended exit is clear. The RIGHT turning motorist is allowed to enter the box and, if necessary, wait at the crown of the road until there is a safe gap in the traffic that is coming from the front and going straight ahead.
However, it is technically illegal for a following motorist to wait behind the first....the second car driver should wait outside the box until the first car has moved out of the box (assuming that the proposed exit remains clear).
Buy one and get one free, eh, Nige!
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