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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you turn left you're crossing the path of everyone with a green light. But if you turn right it's like merging.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't see it that way: when you're merging you're going in the same direction of the traffic you're trying to merge into. At a traffic -light-controlled intersection most of the time you're perpendicular or at an uncomfortable angle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Then instead think about it like a stop sign at a T intersection. If you're turning left, you have to yield for both lanes. But if you're turning right, you only yield for one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying it yourself: it's not like merging. Moreover, at T-intersections there might be some crosswalk, so it's not really true that you yield for one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

lol I've done it again. This was supposed to be a pissed off argument the whole time and I didn't know. I thought you were actually curious about how it works in other countries so I'll stop now.