This is the worst intersection around. The "Stenny Bricks" really did a number to it.
1) The left turn lanes off GMR are offset so if someone is in the opposite one you can't see oncoming traffic
2) The lanes from Shang-ri-la are offset from the ones on Willows, many times someone in the right most lane coming off Shang-ri-la almost hit me because they assumed it was the straight lane because it lines up with the one on Willows.
3) Many people want to make a U-turn there, but there isn't enough room to do so for most vehicles so they end up backing up to make that U-Turn
4) The entry to Walgreens/Popeyes right at the intersection, idiots want to cross three lanes of traffic to get into there when they only need to got 25ft further and go behind Popeyes to get in.
All four of these things cause issues.
Yep, like many intersections, There are ways I simply will not interact with that intersection. Like the Gate 3 intersection, those pathways do not pass muster as being safe enough.
1. I will not take the left onto GMR due to that offset. I take the left and go down past the library and come out onto GMR at the old Burger King.
2. I will not go straight through onto ShangriLa north. I hang the left and then another left at 235. Its quicker and avoids the idiocy of people leaving the parking on either side.
3. I will take the left onto ShangriLa south, but I piss people off by waiting til all other turning traffic across the intersection has gone. When they are there, even on my tall bike, you simply cannot clear it.
People entering that Popeyes parking from that direction can piss off.
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