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Originally Posted by masraum
Those things are fantastic. We used to have the near my house. No stop sign, no traffic light, no crossing other lanes of traffic. The one that I used to hit everyday on the way to work has changed to a stoplight with a left turn lane. It's always backed up in the morning.
In my mind they are more efficient kind of like a round-about.
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Sounds like you are talking about a reverse jug handle, those make sense. Right side of image.
I'm talking about the other form which is what I encounter most times in Jersey. Left side of image.
You exit right like an off ramp but there is a stop sign at the end. Then you need to cross over and make a left onto the intersecting road and possibly have to sit at a light so you can cross over the road you originally exited.
They are usually very poorly marked. If you are unfamiliar with the area you won't know about it till it's too late causing people to swerve to the right side at the last second. And they are not consistent in usage. You can be on a road and pass left turn after left turn then for some odd reason the next intersection will be a jug handle.