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minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 day agoIs it just a North American thing to have a signalled crossroad with no dividing islands? I’m not sure I have ever seen this in any other country. That said, this looks like the fault of another North-American trend – road blimps with blind spots that can conceal a møøse.
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoNow that you say it, I can’t think of ever seeing an intersection like this. Either lights or a roundabout for this size.
Is it just a North American thing to have a signalled crossroad with no dividing islands?
I’m not sure I have ever seen this in any other country.
That said, this looks like the fault of another North-American trend – road blimps with blind spots that can conceal a møøse.
Now that you say it, I can’t think of ever seeing an intersection like this. Either lights or a roundabout for this size.