People are quick to blame the driver. But when roads are designed like this, the focus needs to shift to the design and the absence of effective Road Safety Audits.
The geometry makes this lane feel like a through movement, yet it ends as right turn only (trap lane). We teach Auditors that geometric layout powerfully influences the subconscious of a driver.
This crash was predictable. This makes me sad.
(please tell me this isn’t a standard intersection layout somewhere in the world )
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