Confused over traffic lane- Finglas

Whichlane

First time poster. In the area the last few months and still get confused over which lane I should be in.

Its the Wellmount Road/Finglas Road junction at the lights.

When I am on Wellmount Road approaching the junction (can see Paddy Powers/"Bottom of the Hill" pub ahead), there are 2 lanes : the left hand lane is for left and right turning. The right hand lane is for right turning only. I want to turn right and then immediately left (lets say I want to go to Paddy powers). So which lane should I be in?

I've gotten grief off a couple of other drivers at this junction for "being in the wrong lane". If I am in the left lane because I want to turn right and then left, the only green light for the left lane is a green left hand arrow (this would mean that I am holding up someone behind me who actually just wants to go left and having them blow the living daylights out of me with their horn). However, if I use the right hand lane to turn right, I have to then indicate left as Im turning right to then move into the left lane. One day I did this I had someone cut me right up on my inside left.

Sorry for the long post, please if someone is familiar with the area tell me which lane I should be in for this maneuvre!

mcgovern

That junction is badly designed imo, but you should be in the left lane.
If the light goes green for left turn there is enough room to move forward and let the car behind you turn left.
Doesn't do much good if the car behind you is also going right though...

magicbastarder

looking at the satellite view, i can see nothing wrong with being in the left lane and taking a right from it, based on the arrows in the road:

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/11+Wellmount+Rd,+Finglas+West,+Dublin+11,+D11+H6K0/@53.3871291,-6.2991081,177m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48670ded4bf7b3ab:0x3b65a5dedb23b54b!8m2!3d53.3854372!4d-6.3053043?hl=en

the drivers behind are probably assuming that if you're in the left lane and not paying heed to a green left turn light, that you are blocking them.

January

You should be in the left lane.