Alternative Intersections: Median U-Turns
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มี.ค. 2014
- The Median U-Turn (MUT) intersection is an innovative, proven solution for improving safety and mobility at intersections. At a MUT intersection, direct left turns are replaced with a downstream U-turn followed by a right-turn.
Feeled honored, intersection is right in front of my house at MSU and we made the cut for the video.
I like how y'all blurred out the Coca Cola logo only on the sides of the trailer, not on the front. LOL
We all ready have those in Tampa. Still accidents and massive congestion.
The entire state of Florida is one of the worst places to drive.
AKA "Michigan left turn." We have had them for many years. They're OK for cars, not so great for bikes IMO.
Yeah they do mention it as also being called Michigan left in the video.
@@joshuacornell6667 Michigan left.. in this video. This very one. Here. Lol
Got interested in the comments. Putting a roundabout on a major arterial road will just make a screwed up traffic mess. 3 lane roundabout should only be used as gimmicks. It's best to use the newer options to better intersections but it also helps to sign the intersection well for best results.
NC here. When making a left uturn, which lane do I turn into? The right or keep left? I'd be keeping straight and eventually turning left shortly. I'm finding conflicting answers.
5:48 cars waiting to make a U-turn onto a busy road.
Better to use a Z-stop for some of the lefts and do a RCUT
Forces bicyclists to take a huge detour to get across the main roadway.
I wouldn’t go anywhere near these intersections on a bike lol
A median left turn underpass
At 5:46 I saw quite a few people waiting in a U-turn for a chance to pull out.
TWSS.
1:15 - I'm calling BS. They put a couple of Michigan Lefts near where I live, and traffic accidents are WAY up at those intersections!
Here is a crazy idea. I roundabout!
Roundabouts doesn't solve all the problems necessarily. Queues may still appear on a roundabout. Also an intersection like the Median U-turn is better when you have a narrow space.
@@moramento22 cloverleaf
You’ll never get to fucking go if traffic is crazy in a roundabout
@@E095660 That's even fucking worse than a roundabout. Those are massive.
I thought the u-turn would be as close to the intersection as possible. But now, you have to almost detour a road.
If the u-turn is too close to the intersection, cars waiting for the u-turn might form a queue blocking the intersection itself.
Or you can put a freaking ROUNDABOUT!
It is essentially an elongated roundabout
It's odd that the description is inaccurate. To complete the Left Turn, you must pass through the intersection, Signal a Left turn, Make a U-Turn, then signal Right and Change Lanes multiple times to get into the Right Turning Lane to Turn Right. There is added complexity that the description leaves out.
There is no need to change the lanes as you can and actually in most cases should turn into the correct lane straight away
Monroe NC here. These suck! Nobody understands how to use them correctly (human laziness) and there have been more accidents since it went in than when there was an actual stop light. Not to mention the traffic they have caused. Lot of taxpayer money spent for nothing.
Whoever can’t do this has a -30 IQ .. uh durrrrr
I think roundabouts better than the median u turn !!😇
They have a low capacity and require more space in many cases, seeing that most roads are used by semi traffic, that is tractor-trailers which require more room to turn left and especially right.
Not if there is non stop traffic.. you’ll never move in a roundabout. Dur
Why not just build a roundabout?
Dangerous Facts Because roundabouts are completely unsuitable for high traffic demands as this. They only work with relatively low traffic demands.
Dangerous Facts it takes up too much space
Dangerous Facts good idea it is used to accommodate large vehicles.
At such capacities a standard roundabout is unsuitable. A 3 lane turbo roundabout might be suitable, but they are unsuitable for pedestrians and cyclists so you need grade separation.
@@ferrytale3709 bull!! I have seen them in multiple countries with 7-8 lanes of traffic with as many as 12 roads at the intersection.
This is the WORSE idea that has ever come along. We have seen these in other areas, and the ONLY way they could possibly save a collision is that they are so bad that you have to really look hard to not cause one. Then others have you going on the wrong side to turn, absolutely awful!!!! What could they possilbly be thinking. Terrible idea!!
Have you ever driven on one of these intersections? They really aren't that bad
@@MrC0MPUT3R Yes I have. I drive miles around to avoid them. I do not want to be involved in an accident because of them. I stand by my comment a year ago. I just go through them now, If I can avoid them at all.
What the fuck is this shit?! 0:33
This is called a Diverging Diamond Interchange. You can find TH-cam videos on them.
Your not stopping a left turn, your just adding a right turn to it. Bored engineers of the world, put your framed degree down and realize even if you had an unlimited budget, and could make every intersection in the US a freeway style exchange, where noone had to stop, or move perpendicular to traffic flow, one fact will always remain. People are friggin stupid.
The argument has nothing to do with stupidity, but rather how much time it takes to get through an intersection. Unless, of course, you consider impatience to be stupidity, in which case to each his own accord.
Because you as a layman clearly know what you're talking about, but those trained engineers have no idea what they're talking about.
The amount of motorcycle deaths and serious injuries come from left turns,not right.This would eliminate a huge majority of accidents;It’s not more efficient but it is safer
Why not leave things the way they have always worked ? Add more lanes when traffic increases... They want to avoid putting in more lanes for the increased traffic which is what they really should do. They are bent on CONTROLLING our driving rather than accommodating us as drivers and constituents. They want to go for the "new" "Innovative" thing rather than tried and true methods of working for their constituents.
These U-turns are more efficient because light timing is easier to achieve and traffic flows much easier instead of having to wait through two or three light cycles to turn left..
"They are bent on CONTROLLING our driving rather than accommodating us as drivers and constituents." Calm down there Alex Jones. More lanes isn't always feasible and doesn't solve the problem of left turn traffic that Michigan lefts try to fix.
Okay, now take off the tin-foil hat.
You need to look up "induced demand"