Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[danbrotherston]

A good article. And you frequently see this used by trucks in practice. However, it works less well if both streets are two lanes as the truck would need to veer into the opposing traffic's lane. On multilane street intersections, though, there is no need to go for the huge radius.

Drivers can veer into the oncoming lane on two lane roads as well. This is one of the purposes of setting the stop bar back (something which many drivers ignore) in order to allow turning vehicles to enter the oncoming lane.  It's a little harder to veer into the oncoming lane on the err...NOT receiving lane, but it can be done.

And keep in mind, that on two narrow two lane roads it is even rarer for these types of vehicles to be seen, thus their turns are expected to be even more extreme in this manner.

The question comes back to what we are prioritizing, the vast majority of our roads should in no way prioritize movement of trucks like this. Many of our roads should not prioritize anything bigger than a sedan. Even drivers of just large pickups should be uncomfortable on residential streets.