is a "No Left Turn" the same with "No U - Turn" ???

[olidotcom]

Hi mga tsikoteers,

I have a question regarding 1 area here in Bonifacio Global City...


on 32nd street corner Rizal Drive, there is a traffic sign as "No Left Turn" from 32nd street going to Rizal Drive... (in front of Jollibee)

what I did was I made a U-Turn on 32nd street, going back to kalayaan (attached map screenshot).

I was flagged by a Bonifacio Global City Traffic Officer and said.. "Bawal ka mag U-Turn dyan..."

I in turn said that there was a "No U-Turn" sign.. and he said did you see the No Left Turn? kaya nga may No- Left Turn dyan eh.. bawal ka mag U-Turn...

HUH?!!?!??! so we came to an argument na iba ang U-Turn at Left-Turn...

after a while he said that may 'Yellow Box Paint' sa intersection.. kaya bawal mag U-Turn at mag Left Turn....

ang 'Yellow Box' sa intersection means - "Keep Intersection Open" diba????

naguguluhan lang din talaga ako... mukha pa ding hoodlum yung nanghuli sakin...

at that same time... kasama ko yung officemate ko na nasa passenger side.. na minumura yung traffic officer tapos ako cool lang..

sa sobrang nerbyos ata nung traffic officer pinabayaan na kami... so hindi nya ako na-tikitan...

[chua_riwap]

I in turn said that there was a "No U-Turn" sign.. and he said did you see the No Left Turn? kaya nga may No- Left Turn dyan eh.. bawal ka mag U-Turn...

Ayos....ang gulo ah.

Maraming TE na engot talaga. Di nila alam yung mga road signs at traffic rules. TS, sana in turn, tinanong mo na rin siya..."Manong, alam mo ba difference ng ODD & EVEN numbers?"

[olidotcom]

ang nakaka tawa.. yung kasama ko.. malaking tao, kalbo, tapos may bigote tsaka balbas... so parang nakaka takot siya.. (kahawig nya yung commercial artist ng safeguard na pinunasan ng asawa ng maduming basahan sa mukha)

sinabihan pa siya kung nag exam ba daw siya sa LTO.. sabay mura... ptimo <- sinabi nya sa TE..

parang ginagawa nyang trap area yung 32nd street na yun eh. may hinuli din siyang isang truck that time.

[noobskie]

Hindi siguro tanga yang traffic enforcer na yan, pineperahan lang ang mabibiktima. Iba yung sign ng no left turn sa no U turn, siguro alam naman ng lahat ng yun. Kung pareho lang yan edi sana isang sign na lang ginamit nila.

[olidotcom]

same thing that we thought. namemera yung mga sira-ulong yun. anyway.. pasa ko din sa mga makaka basa nito na dumadaan on that area... ingat mga tsikoteers!

[CVT]

after a while he said that may 'Yellow Box Paint' sa intersection.. kaya bawal mag U-Turn at mag Left Turn....

ang 'Yellow Box' sa intersection means - "Keep Intersection Open" diba????

Hanep sa argumento. Pulpol naman... And, yes, it is, i.e., keep intersection open.....

9909:gotcha:

[frake]

IMO may point yung TE. Pag meron kasing boxed X mark sa gitna ng intersection, meaning, walang pwedeng dumaan dyan na salungat sa takbo ng traffic. Maari lang tumuloy ang sasakyan kapag sang-ayon na sa daloy ng trapiko ang kulay ng ilaw ng traffic light. Ngayon kung ang flow mo is going north pano ka babalik sa south kung sasalubong ka sa traffic? kakailanganin mo lumabag sa batas trapiko para magawa mo yung gusto mong takbo ng sasakyan. Kung kakaliwa ka naman...hindi ko na siguro kailangan i-explain...jejeje! este! hehehe! pala

However, maybe you could make a u-turn if there's no boxed x-mark.


I maybe wrong. Let's wait for other's opinion.

[Horsepower]

As far as I know, pag meron No Left Turn, it concurrently means, No-U-Turn.

So pag may No left turn, automatic, alam ko na di rin pwede mag-U-Turn doon.

It's like if U-turn takes two steps, if they didn't allow you the first step (Left turn), how can they possibly allow second?

[_Qwerty_]

wala talagang U turn dyan.. kasi pag nag go kayo.. go din yung sa kabilang lane.. so pag nag u turn ka makakasagabal ka sa mga cars galing st. luke's.. pag naman stop kayo.. naka go naman yung galing sa right na nag left papuntang Edsa.. so pag nag u turn ka.. makaka sagabal ka naman don sa mga cars na galing don..

parati ako dyan sa area.. wala talagang u turn dyan.. ang gagawin mo.. kakanan ka sa jollibee... wag ka mag u turn don.. kasi bawal pa din don.. tapos kakanan ka ulit sa may chowking.. yan pwede ka na mag u turn sa tapat nang chowking or gloria jeans.

[digitalron]

No Left Turn and No U-Turn are completely different, that is why there are some intersections I see that have both signs to emphasize that left-turning and U-turning are BOTH prohibited.

The yellow-box with and X in the intersection means Keep the Intersection Open and is aimed to prevent a gridlock when one road is stopped due to heavy traffic while the perpendicular rode is free. The yellow box with an X is also used to help guide right of way because cars just approaching the yellow box should yield to cars already in the box. It has nothing to do with no-left-turn and no-right-turn. That is why despite the yellow box, there still is an explicit no-left-turn sign.

[BLUR-RT]

makdaan nga diyan hehehehe

[olidotcom]

that is what i thought the first time.. baka nasa utak ng TE... you will make a 'left turn' to make a 'u-turn' pero ewan ko ba.. kasi madaming area.. like makati kung bawal mag u-turn at bawal mag left turn.. may both signs na makikita.. like in buendia area..

for short.. it really looks like a trap.

[aejhayl17]

why is it, sa intersection ng E.rod at Araneta Ave, may no left turn sign, pero pwede mag-u-turn? yung side ng puregold, making a u-turn to go to the opposite side.

afaik, magkaiba nga talaga ang No U-turn sa No left turn.

[olidotcom]

yep! madaming mga locations ang nag lalagay ng 2 signs.. meron nga dyan sa may dela rosa ave cor greenbelt.. from greenbelt to delarosa.. bawal mag left turn.. tapos yung sign nila isa lang.. pero pinag sama nila yung no left and u-turn.. (nag titipid ng aluminum.. pininturahan na lang ng isang "U")

[noobskie]

Kahit sa south, may mga nakikita akong no left turn and no U-turn signs na magkasama, pero minsan mag-isa lang yung no U-turn. Kung ayaw nila na doon ka mag U-turn, kabitan nila ng tamang road sign. Road signs must be idiot-proof kasi marami dito sa atin hindi nakakaintindi ng kahit simpleng stop sa red light.

[CVT]

Traffic signs should be explicit....

Nothing should be left to the interpretation of the driver and the enforcer....

Kung ayaw nilang magpa-U-turn,- then put up a "No U-Turn" sign, together with the existing "No Left Turn" sign... Again, that intersection offers an "unprotected U-turn", which is common when driving in other countries. (This is similar to the "unprotected right turn", if there is no traffic sign of "No Right Turn On Red Signal")

10K:dance1:

[holdencaulfield]

IMO, it figures naman that to be able to make a "u turn" is either you will have to make a left turn or right turn.

dito samen nakapintura sa mga poste ng LRT. no u turn & no left turn.
pero ako to be safe di ako nag-leleft turn or u turn pag 1 lang ang nakapaskil.

[jeDi13]

puwede mag u-turn diyan. wala namang nakalagay na "no u-turn". yung no left turn na sign diyan, it means no left turn going to st. luke's.

[olidotcom]

matindi siguro gutom nung traffic enforcer nung oras na yun..... pasalamat siya cool lang ako.. yung kasama ko hinde... hahhaa!

[renzo_d10]

Oo nga. Hindi naman din lahat ng driver eh may common sense -, aminin, para malaman na ang No Left Turn ay ibig sabihin rin ay No U-turn.

Dapat, lagay din sila ng sign na No U-turn para safe ang lahat.