I’ve driven in places that forbid left turns and the impact is nowhere near what you say it is - your example appears very specific to your town where things se

I’ve driven in places that forbid left turns and the impact is nowhere near what you say it is - your example appears very specific to your town where things seem particularly bad but also your phrasing (“punished” by traffic - guess what, if you’re driving, you are traffic) is not very objective for a rational, general counterpoint.