General Road and Highway Discussion

[ijmorlan]

From a driver perspective, I hate slip lanes because unless they have space for a merging lane, they effectively put the traffic I'm supposed to merge with in my blind spot. A regular turn is safer for drivers and pedestrians/cyclists.

Even ones like at Westmount and University? Where you actually turn onto the road, you’re basically just turning from one road onto another, except it’s a side road next to the road you were on rather than one big piece of pavement. I can see where you’re coming from if the separated lane is more like at University and Weber, where you’re almost facing in the direction you will be going by the time you reach the end of the turn lane.