WHAT LANE DO I GET IN?

Prior to navigation systems, and before we moved here, finding the right exit to arrive at our destination was difficult- particularly if it was around rush hour time. The one thing good about rush hour is that it gives you more time to move from one side of the freeway to the other. When the traffic is moving at a fast clip, it is IMPOSSIBLE to get over to the other side of the freeway even when you know where you are going. After merging onto the right side of the freeway, the first sign we think we need to follow is on the LEFT side, so we make our way over from the right side to the left side. Once on the left side, the signage changes to the RIGHT side, so we need to move BACK over from the left side to the right side. Once we figured it out, it was easy enough. But to a novice driving in this town, it was VERY confusing and frustrating. We missed the exit on several occasions and then made sure we had our navigation system in hand before we moved.  A lot of other people make the same mistake. It is not unusual to see an accident at this very exit due to the confusing signs and the confused drivers. Neither one of us knows how we ever got to where we needed to be when we had to rely on maps alone!


We thought we needed to move over to the LEFT lane
only to realize we had to move back over to the RIGHT lane!



There is not a lot of time for all these maneuvers.
The perfect set up for an accident waiting to happen- and they unfortunately do.