No right turn, but did I turn right?
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Driving out of Maude St to continue straight ahead onto Sandes Avenue. I saw the No Right Turn sign, but assumed (incorrectly?) that it applied to turning into Stricklandgate. And I assumed (again, perhaps incorrectly) that straight ahead isn't a 'right turn' even though it crosses a lane of traffic.
I was told by my mate, who's local, that at does indeed apply to going straight on, and to expect a ticket in the post, but thankfully haven't received one so far.
Would I have a leg to stand on? It doesn't seem clear to me. A 'left turn only' (which is used if you approach the same junction from the North on Stricklandgate to stop people turning right into Maude St) would be clearer, no?
https://goo.gl/maps/ATOSr
Driving out of Maude St to continue straight ahead onto Sandes Avenue. I saw the No Right Turn sign, but assumed (incorrectly?) that it applied to turning into Stricklandgate. And I assumed (again, perhaps incorrectly) that straight ahead isn't a 'right turn' even though it crosses a lane of traffic.
I was told by my mate, who's local, that at does indeed apply to going straight on, and to expect a ticket in the post, but thankfully haven't received one so far.
Would I have a leg to stand on? It doesn't seem clear to me. A 'left turn only' (which is used if you approach the same junction from the North on Stricklandgate to stop people turning right into Maude St) would be clearer, no?
https://goo.gl/maps/ATOSr
300bhp/ton said:
The Keep Clear is presumably there to allow cars from the road on the right to turn left on the main road, as they may want to do a 2nd left straight away to come down the road the op was travelling up.
They can also turn right onto the main road (Sandes Avenue), unless I'm missing somethingEdited by qualitystreet on Friday 21st August 16:12
Thanks all. I'm glad it's not just me that thinks it's confusing. I was expecting to come back from holiday to a ticket, but it's been over a month now, so I think I'm safe.
I get 300bhp/ton's point that continuing straight ahead is 'like' a right turn, but I don't think the signage is clear enough. (I even thought to myself "Is that sign for me? No, obviously not, it's just to stop people trying do an awkward turn into that street on my right.")
My mate insists there's a CCTV camera (just outside Evans Cycles) and that his colleague has been done before.
I get 300bhp/ton's point that continuing straight ahead is 'like' a right turn, but I don't think the signage is clear enough. (I even thought to myself "Is that sign for me? No, obviously not, it's just to stop people trying do an awkward turn into that street on my right.")
My mate insists there's a CCTV camera (just outside Evans Cycles) and that his colleague has been done before.
Mill Wheel said:
Coming from Windermere and wishing to enter Maude street or Stricklandgate, there is no right turn, so unless you can U-Turn around the corner on Sandes Avenue, you are forced to drive to the roundabout by the train station, through two sets of lights, then return through the same two sets in order to be able to turn left into Stricklandgate or go straight on into Maude Street
Ha. Or, if you get it wrong like I did, turn right past the bus station and do a full lap of the one-way system to get back to the same junction!Mill Wheel said:
just up the road to the left is this...
It is usually referred to as Plumgarths Roundabout... but IS it a roundabout?
Traffic from Windermere arriving via the A591 does not have to give way to anybody... unless they do a 360° before trying to get to Kendal!
Yet coming from the bypass and wanting to get into Kendal, I was rather surprised when the Give Way sign hove into view!It is usually referred to as Plumgarths Roundabout... but IS it a roundabout?
Traffic from Windermere arriving via the A591 does not have to give way to anybody... unless they do a 360° before trying to get to Kendal!
He didn't do Ambleside as well, did he?
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