A New Jersey left is where a driver needs to make a left at a normally light controlled intersection. But instead of a left turn lane they’re required to go through the intersection and take a right hand turn so they can loop back onto the cross street and pass through the intersection. I grew up in northern NJ knowing them as Jug Handles.
It was justified as a traffic control tactic that removes the wait cycle for left turns.
The article also says you can exit before the intersection to make a left on the side street before the light and then go through but I’m less familiar with that design. It requires you to make a left through waiting traffic which seems much harder to accomplish.
A New Jersey left is where a driver needs to make a left at a normally light controlled intersection. But instead of a left turn lane they’re required to go through the intersection and take a right hand turn so they can loop back onto the cross street and pass through the intersection. I grew up in northern NJ knowing them as Jug Handles.
It was justified as a traffic control tactic that removes the wait cycle for left turns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jughandle
The article also says you can exit before the intersection to make a left on the side street before the light and then go through but I’m less familiar with that design. It requires you to make a left through waiting traffic which seems much harder to accomplish.
Oh yeah jug handles. I grew up and live in south NJ and that’s what I know them as.