Originally Posted by GriddleCakes

Why are we suddenly talking about traffic lights and double parking? All I was saying was that left turning traffic temporarily blocks a travel lane, same as parking traffic does. If the OP thinks that he can devise a traffic system where traffic flows continuously and uninterrupted, then he is welcome to try. His contention that parallel parking be outlawed because it involves a motorists stopping, and then performing a routine driving maneuver, seems silly and unjustified; as does the sentiment that people are being lazy for taking advantage of available and legal parking spaces.