Driving us crazy: The road quirks that baffle South Florida motorists
South Florida’s roads test the patience of even the most disciplined drivers. We regularly experience construction delays, lengthy waits at stop lights, impulsive decisions by fellow motorists, and lane closures that bring traffic to a crawl. Then there are street designs that can catch drivers off guard. Why do drivers stop in the middle of roundabouts? Which vehicle has priority as traffic lanes merge? And will we ever get used to those “diverging diamond” interchanges that push traffic in unnatural directions? Drivers passing over Interstate 95 on Glades Road in Boca Raton have to reprogram their brains so they don’t feel like they’re on the wrong side of the road: Since 2023, traffic going the opposite way is on the right instead of left. Transportation officials say these configurations, which eliminate the need to make left turns into traffic, reduce accidents. Additional…
