Traffic Lights, is this correct ?

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Traffic Lights, is this correct ?

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I went through this junction yesterday, and the traffic lights/signs look odd.

Are the green arrow/turn left signs wrong, or is it correct as there are no black/white chevrons on the roundabout.?

Lower Clapton Road and Lea Bridge Road, London.
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Re: Traffic Lights, is this correct ?

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Its not wrong, per se. Although it should probably have chevrons on it, its essentially just a small gyratory system.
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Re: Traffic Lights, is this correct ?

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boing_uk wrote:Its not wrong, per se. Although it should probably have chevrons on it, its essentially just a small gyratory system.
Probably trying to avoid sign clutter or inconsistency with other arms? Quiet a unique place for a bus stand but I think it is good use of redundant space.

On reflection it might be brought up in a safety audit in any case the risk is fairly low, it is signed and if someone was going wrong way it would be low speeds and no slip roads either.
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flyingscot wrote: Quite a unique place for a bus stand but I think it is good use of redundant space.
London has a bit of a tradition of this, from bus stands up the centre of wide one way streets through to a whole bus garage at Plumstead built in the middle of a large roundabout.
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WHBM wrote:
flyingscot wrote: Quite a unique place for a bus stand but I think it is good use of redundant space.
London has a bit of a tradition of this, from bus stands up the centre of wide one way streets through to a whole bus garage at Plumstead built in the middle of a large roundabout.
This is my favourite bus stop - it's just chucked in where there's a bit of extra space. Never mind that it's across the stop line for the roundabout... :)
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