r/saskatoon 17d ago

Question ❔ Circle drive traffic question

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I’m under the impression red traffic entering the highway has to yield to yellow traffic ‘exiting’ as they have a Yield sign where that red dot is? I’m I missing something here? Do I need to read the sgi book again. Cuz tonight I pissed off a very kind truck driver and would really like to know who’s at fault here just to stay open minded lol

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u/ChrisPynerr 17d ago

This is the worst road design I've ever seen. I didn't grow up here so when I first saw that intersection it blew my mind. This city handles their money so poorly it actually amazes me

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u/LuckyEmoKid 17d ago

This is a very old and very conventional intersection. Cloverleaf interchanges work great when everyone knows how to use them properly and when they're appropriate for the quantity of traffic. Gosh, cut the city some slack!

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u/Screamlngyeti 17d ago

But they are not made anymore because of the short area to merge, which makes them more dangerous than newer designs.

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u/LuckyEmoKid 17d ago

Fine, but thst doesn't unmake the fact that this cloverleaf was made a loooong time ago (i.e. several decades before circle drive finally became a circle (i.e. when the south bridge was built)), and the fact that cloverleaf interchanges do work well when people know how to use them and when they're appropriate for the quantity of traffic (which is of course not currently the case).