McTavish Road / Highway 17 (Victoria International Airport) interchange | Completed April 2011
#221
Posted 31 October 2012 - 03:26 PM
#222
Posted 31 October 2012 - 08:13 PM
Have some mercy for the average driver. As analogy, I learned a long time ago that just because I find it easy to use a particular piece of software does not mean that it is intuitive or well designed. "It's obvious" is probably the second most common {factually incorrect} statement in the English language. You find it easy after driving through it hundreds of times, but think back and ask yourself if you can say with certainty that you breezed through it without a moment's hesitation the first two times you went through there. I asked around after the last time I went out there, and only one person said they found it straightforward - a neighbour who goes to the airport several times per year.
There's more than yeild signs going on. I suspect the absence of clear, close orientation markers may have something to do with the nervousness I've felt both times I've been through there. I spent almost a decade as a professional driver, but I'm not a cognitive psychologist - so please punch holes in my theory, or better yet, rip mine to shreds and come up with a simpler one.
Exactly!! Way too much information in too little of a space. I've driven it twice in two different directions, in the car I muddled through, on my motorcycle when you have to watch every driver much more closely I missed the exit I wanted.
I have driven through every major city in North America and have never felt as unsure driving through a cloverleaf as I did with this one. With experience of course it becomes simple, but for a lot of folks they only drive to the airport every couple of years or so.
#223
Posted 31 October 2012 - 09:18 PM
picture from Green Oak Village Place - Roundabouts
(not sure if this has already been posted...)
#224
Posted 01 November 2012 - 07:12 PM
All the lanes are clearly marked and transition distances are longer.
#225
Posted 13 May 2013 - 08:33 PM
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#226
Posted 14 May 2013 - 05:25 AM
#227
Posted 14 May 2013 - 06:36 AM
#228
Posted 14 May 2013 - 08:50 AM
#229
Posted 14 May 2013 - 09:11 AM
#230
Posted 23 October 2013 - 08:04 PM
#231
Posted 16 August 2017 - 10:46 PM
Periodically on the local FB groups a renewed 'stitch and *****' convo flares up re: the McTavish interchange, in spite of the fact that IMO any driver of even average ability and intelligence should be able to navigate it successfully. I occasionally jump in with something to the effect "heaven help you if ever attempt to drive in Asia or Europe" or words to that effect.
As proof I give this beauty of a roundabout, courtesy of the good folks in Swindon, England - good luck:
Edited by AllseeingEye, 16 August 2017 - 10:47 PM.
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#232
Posted 17 August 2017 - 04:06 AM
#233
Posted 17 August 2017 - 06:25 AM
/\.....Swindon?
#234
Posted 17 August 2017 - 09:08 AM
Confusing as heck, but only because the traffic is all on the wrong side of the road from our perspective .
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