Originally Posted by
BBnet3000
id probably be at the purple dots too.
theres no reason that people should be in the intersection after the light has turned red.
in new york, at intersections that are prone to gridlock they have the whole intersection marked with crosscrossing lines, and signs that say "dont block the box - $200 fine"
that, plus the fact that they actually do enforce it at times, definitely helps the problem, not that it has been completely eliminated.
This is an exceptional location. Has to be seen to be appreciated. lil brown bat is right; I used the word intersection only for lack of a better term. I didn't mention it in the OP, but there's also a bridge a little further down the road that people are jockeying for position to get onto too. It's just chaos.
I really do believe that most of the fault lies in the layout of the roads, and not with the motorists blocking the road.