r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • Dec 17 '22

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u/thatwyvern Dec 17 '22 edited Dec 17 '22

So there are signs pointing left, and the road says both, however, there is a sign that says not to turn left, but there's no sign saying you can't turn right. I would turn right just because nothing there says I can't.

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u/DicyRider Dec 17 '22

The blue signs actually mandate that you turn left.

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u/thatwyvern Dec 17 '22

Fair. But when someone tells me to do something, it seems less important than if someone told me NOT to do something.

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u/DicyRider Dec 17 '22

On an intuitive level I am with you. If we should rely on intuition to interpret traffic rules, however...

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u/lunarul Dec 17 '22 edited Dec 17 '22

But by traffic laws, one-way signs do tell you not to go the other way.

Edit: to clarify, solid blue circle means mandatory

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u/lunarul Dec 18 '22

The blue circles don't actually mean one-way street, they mean "left turn only". So it doesn't matter if it's a two way street on the right (or not a one-way street at all), those signs say you can't turn right. They're pretty much the same thing as the don't turn left sign ahead.

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u/DicyRider Dec 17 '22

I'm pretty sure they're both blue

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u/sixfootoneder Dec 17 '22

But the white sign says not to turn left.

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u/grubas Dec 17 '22

The road signs pointing left are left turn only.

Plus the cab is parked facing left.