Turning right from East Dulwich Grove onto Forest Hill Rd

[Guest]

This junction is a madness. Why oh why do we not have a right filter, rather than asking everyone to commit the kamikaze manouvers needed to turn right?

If enough people feel the same, (which they must do?) maybe we could raise a petition and get them to spend our council tax on something useful for once?

Bruce

[CPR Dave]

If people knew how to drive they would realise that you are allowed into the yellow box to turn right. You could probably get four or five  cars out beyond the white line before the first car overshot the turn. All of them could keep going right after the light has turned red if they are beyond the white line before it changes.

That would speed the traffic flows and make a big difference there.

People don't know how to drive though. 

[MrsR]

Presume you mean East Dulwich Road onto Peckham Rye - there IS a turn right filter but it only seems to ‘work’ on every other phase so at rush hour the traffic often backs up. Outside rush hour that junction is okay.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Clearly the solution is to add a second southbound lane to Peckham Rye. And a northbound lane too. Practically no-one walks along that strip of grass anyway. In fact, if the council were a bit more ambitious, the whole park could be converted into a high speed roundabout like Elephant and Castle 👍

[Rumbero]

18 minutes ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

In fact, if the council were a bit more ambitious, the whole park could be converted into a high speed roundabout like Elephant and Castle 👍

At the risk of appearing pedantic, Elephant & Castle isn’t a roundabout.

[David Peckham]

It may just be my phone showing something weird, but isn't the original post on this from 16 years ago?

There's been a filter in place for years.

[Spartacus]

14 minutes ago, David Peckham said:

It may just be my phone showing something weird, but isn't the original post on this from 16 years ago?

There's been a filter in place for years

Interesting point and true 

But there does appear to be a need to make changes to the junction coming from the Nunhead direction where traffic comes across in the middle of the road and often has to circumnavigate cars turning right from East Dulwich Road towards Forest Hill 

 

Why they can't make the center lane (from the Nunhead direction) right turn for buses and cycles only is beyond me.

[CPR Dave]

Yes, sorry about that. Weirdly this appeared at the top of my list of posts. Maybe I'd accidentally reversed the date order.

[Joe]

No worries. You may have accidentally pressed the 'last page' button situated next to the page numbers. Its been done before 😄

[Soylent Green]

What is needed is a camera to fine all the drivers jumping the lights as they drive from Nunhead to East Dulwich.  I've often had to wait at those lights to turn right only to find four or five vehicles jumping across my path on the orange and red lights.