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Having negotiated this particular turn many times, I'd guess it's a combination of factors. Atlanta is spread out so the highways are typically long and straig
by libria 10y ago
Having negotiated this particular turn many times, I'd guess it's a combination of factors. Atlanta is spread out so the highways are typically long and straight, so apart from rush hour the fast lane typically goes 70-80 mph comfortably. Even on highways, you're usually ok to reduce speed to 60 mph to make interstate turns, e.g. spaghetti junction (85/285). Interstate turns this sharp are very rare so even natives need to be alert. I-75 is a long multi-state road so many out-of-towners may not be expecting the sharpness of this turn. Not sure if this plays into it, but it does also exit from the fast lane.
- Splines 10y agoThere's a "Right Lane Ends" sign right there, and I'd imagine people unfamiliar with the turn see that sign and their brain just can't catch up with trying to process both slowing down for the 25mph turn and a left merge. Might be better to have the left merge occur before the turn, then do the turn. Otherwise you're doing several things at once: Merging, slowing down, and maintaining direction around a turn with a changing radius. Two of those would probably be challenging at once.