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Here’s a way to save lives, curb traffic jams and make commutes faster and easier − ban left turns at intersections

Research shows left turns at intersections are dangerous and slow traffic. Benjamin Rondel/The Image Bank via Getty Images Vikash Gayah: When you make a left turn, you have to cross oncoming traffic.
Oregonian

Opinion: Ban left turns at intersections to save lives, curb traffic jams

More than 60% of traffic collisions at intersections involve left turns. Some U.S. cities – including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Birmingham, Alabama – are restricting left turns. Vikash Gayah, ...
The Olympian

Rules of the Road: What’s the point of turning into the lane nearest to you?

Q: I was taught when turning left at an intersection onto a street with two lanes in each direction, to turn into the left (and closest) of the two lanes. If I want to eventually be in the right-hand ...
The Conversation

Here’s a way to save lives, curb traffic jams and make commutes faster and easier − ban left turns at intersections

Vikash V. Gayah's research has been funded by various State Departments of Transportation (including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Washington State, Montana, South Dakota and North Carolina), US Department ...