Reading Road Signs Pulled away from Dash Cam Thread

Spook_ie

Extracted this one from the dashcam thread as it has roundabout discussion potential for derailing the thread....

inforfun wrote: »

This traffic light

So many times i am in the left lane, intending to go straight ahead and the person in the lane next to me needs to get the M50 Southbound exit.
And as soon as they find out i am going straight they just come to a complete stop and wait till some poor ****er lets them in.
That exit is not 100 meters after the lights, the left lane was empty. What the **** are you doing in the middle lane if you need to get that exit?

At the risk of starting a 30 page debate, why are you in the left lane intending to go straight on?

1st indication of lanes
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.3785571,-6.3521483,3a,75y,281.44h,78.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHkTirDQ_cAbkEWu1i_ZijQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en


2nd indication of lanes
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.380054,-6.3564395,3a,75y,304.18h,92.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxF7i_zLXuR75m3an0azoAQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en


3rd indication of lanes
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.381041,-6.3585691,3a,75y,315.21h,90.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIxOdmt44AAHQZcqzsq-SSw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

dickwod1

Because lane 1 stays as lane 1 all the way to Blanch...(slip road for M50 south is left of lane 1 after the turn for Castleknock)
If you're in lane 1 from after garage/before the turn - the signs the 3rd picture matches up with where you are in the lanes.

Spook_ie

dickwod1 wrote: »

Because lane 1 stays as lane 1 all the way to Blanch...(slip road for M50 south is left of lane 1 after the turn for Castleknock)
If you're in lane 1 from after garage/before the turn - the signs the 3rd picture matches up with where you are in the lanes.

It doesn't, at the garage the leftmost lane is a bus lane which then transitions to the lane for M50S, the lane for straight on from when it's signed is never the left most lane, therefore Infofun should never be in the left lane after it transitions if he's going straight.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.3781292,-6.3508604,3a,75y,324.27h,78.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFMphsMkvEoeFY06y6jZE_Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en


The lane for straight on is never the left lane from the signs at

1st Gantry (middle Lane )
2nd Gantry (Castleknock and M50 South left 2 lanes, straight 3rd lane from left)
3rd Gantry (left M50S, 2nd lane Straight)

Numbering lanes from left to right,

1st Gantry N3 is 2nd Lane, M50S is on the left
2nd Gantry N3 is 3rd lane which was the 2nd lane but M50S is still on the left
3rd Gantry N3 is 2nd lane, M50S is still on the left and M50N is two right hand lanes

dickwod1

It does, I've driven down the road thousands of times!



The truck in lane 1 and has the option to go straight to Blanch or take the left slip road to the M50 notice the arrows in front of the truck.

liamog

By OPs reckoning then, drivers for Blanch would need to be in Lane 2 up to the lights, and immediatly move over to the Lane 1.
As they approach the roundabout the lane markings then allow Lane 1 and Lane 2 to be for the N3 again.

The generally accepted use of this junction is Lane 1 for M50S, Lane 1 and 2 for N3, and Lane 3 for M50N.
I'd say the majority of the traffic going through this junction is using the N3.

Spook_ie

Well all I can say is that unless the gantry signs or the road lane markings are changed to match each other it's a fvckup waiting to happen.