Originally Posted by
Kotts
Faced with this problem, I was advised by one of our friendlier cops to go ahead and use the switch that cycles the lights for pedestrians.
The only time this is even a little bit practical is if one is making a right turn, in which case one doesn't need to trigger the light. Otherwise my arm can't reach the pedestiran button from the left turn lane.
More important is that if you press the pedestrian crossing button, that will never trigger the left turn light, only a thru green light - in fact pressing the ped crossing button may force the left turn signal to stay red to protect crossing pedestrians.
Al