Big changes to E Boyd and Burbank coming---Update with VIDEO--signs now

Update:

Video of the fools


Signs added


It's like, "hey, watch out."


Then, "you can only turn right"


"no srsly you'll die."


It's back.

Best update (nvm)
As of this morning, all stop signs, painted arrows, and any other evidence of that atrocity have been removed. Lights working as they were. Victory is ours.




Updates at bottom.

Blech

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BATON ROUGE - The traffic signal at the corner of East Boyd Drive and Burbank Drive will be removed two weeks into August.

This week that the light will change from regulating traffic with red and green lights to flashing lights. The signal for drivers on Burbank Drive will be changed to a flashing yellow light. The signal for drivers using East Boyd Drive will become a flashing red light. A stop sign will also be added to East Boyd at the intersection.

This is the final phase of the project to improve safety and traffic flow on Burbank Drive, which included re-striping the street and adding a center turn lane. DOTD Director Rodney Mallet thinks the changes will benefit drivers.

They may have to change their routes up a little bit if they're used to going down East Boyd and turning left because now that's going to be a right turn only," Mallet explained. "But you'll see Jennifer Jean and West Parker will have left turn signals and that will make left turning a little easier and a little safer for everyone."

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This is really going to suck. As if building a sonic wasn't bad enough for that intersection.


UPDATE #1

They did it today. And, as expected, people fully tarded out. When I got to the light, Burbank was treating their yellow light like a stop sign, the people on boyd were completely ignoring the right turn only sign and blowing right through the intersection, and there was nobody to regulate anything. Those of us who actually followed the rules and turned right used the Mellow Mushroom parking lot to get back onto Boyd. And this is only summer it's pretty comical.

PIC of intersection:



UPDATE #2:
Per Indfanfromcol

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One just happened. Light is already changed, went to sonic, and watched someone run into the light pole at that intersection.

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UPDATE #3:
Here are some really professional maps I drew to better clarify how much fun it will be to get to school every day.






UPDATE #4

From PhiTiger, who made some excellent points.

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Changing Boyd to right turn only substantially decreases the amount of conflict points at that intersection. This means fewer accidents (unless you have idiot drivers). The idiot drivers weren't ready for the change, but they will adapt. Complaining about it not working the first day it changes is ridiculous. Also, looking at your map earlier, to get to the CEBA lot I would take that gold route. It is not "ridiculously longer" but probably just as fast or faster than your preferred route.

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