The "Pittsburgh Left"

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Wikipedia:  Pittsburgh left

A term I was not familiar with, but an occurrence that, as a seasoned motorist, I am all too familiar with.

In The Region, I specifically note the partially-signaled intersection of Albert and Seagram in Waterloo guarantees this happens almost every light cycle; the span between stop bars on Albert is so broad (particularly the location of the southbound Albert stop bar) that it encourages this behaviour.

Yeah. I had gotten used to it in Boston somehow (despite not driving there much) and forgot that it wasn't a thing when I tried it in Montreal. I remembered quickly.