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"blinking yellow left arrow" is the same thing as not having a protected turn at all.
by Skunkleton 5y ago
"blinking yellow left arrow" is the same thing as not having a protected turn at all.
- rootusrootus 5y agoNot quite. Yellow blinking left arrows are always for a protected left turn lane. So when blinking, it does become more like an unprotected 'turn left on green' type of light, but you don't have the straight-through traffic coming up behind you, since you're on a dedicated turn lane. And the yellow flashing arrow is usually timed so that it happens at the safest time to make an unprotected left.
- giantg2 5y agoNot always. There are mixed lanes that also have arrow lights from the turns.
- rootusrootus 5y agoThat's fair. Not anywhere in my state. But road design isn't 100% consistent across the US.
- worker767424 5y agoBut it cues your brain that it might not be safe to turn left.