Research shows left turns at intersections are dangerous and slow traffic. Benjamin Rondel/The Image Bank via Getty Images Vikash Gayah: When you make a left turn, you have to cross oncoming traffic.

New research shows banning left turns at intersections could reduce crashes, especially during the busy summer travel season. About 61% of intersection crashes involve left turns, often due to drivers ...

If there’s a right way to turn left, some motorists in the area would like to hear about it. Especially at one intersection that has rankled some with its “No Left Turn” signs that are being ignored ...

More than 30 crashes have occurred at the intersection of U.S. 30 and SR 511 since 2019. ODOT plans to convert the area into ...

Q: I was taught when turning left at an intersection onto a street with two lanes in each direction, to turn into the left (and closest) of the two lanes. If I want to eventually be in the right-hand ...

Among the first orders of business at Monday’s meeting of the Nash County Board of Commissioners was the adoption of a resolution to end the ban on left turns at a busy intersection near Nash ...

Greenfield City Council will consider changes to traffic ordinance for the intersection of State Street (Ind. 9) and North Street. The intersection is seen in this 2024 photo from the northeast corner ...

More than 60% of traffic collisions at intersections involve left turns. Some U.S. cities—including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Birmingham, Alabama—are restricting left turns. Subscribe to our ...

More than 60% of traffic collisions at intersections involve left turns. Some U.S. cities – including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Birmingham, Alabama – are restricting left turns. Dr. Vikash ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Vikash V. Gayah, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) More than 60% of traffic collisions at ...