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10-20-08 Release: Flashing yellow turn signals debut in Scottsdale
Oct. 20, 2008
Contact: Annie DeChance, Transportation, (480) 312-2526
Flashing yellow turn signals debut in Scottsdale
Scottsdale’s Transportation Department is installing a new type of traffic signal called a “Flashing Yellow Left Turn Arrow” to improve safety at two intersections, Raintree Drive and Northsight Boulevard and 68th Street and McDowell Road. Only the north- and southbound traffic at these two intersections will have the new signals.
The signal at Raintree and Northsight will begin operating on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The 68th Street and McDowell Road signal will begin a few weeks later.
The new devices will give drivers more options for turning left and increase safety at the intersections. Currently, both intersections have very heavy left-turn traffic northbound and southbound. The new flashing yellow left-turn signals will provide drivers a better indication that when they turn left, they must yield to the opposing through traffic and pedestrians.
Here’s how the new signals will work:
- Solid Red Arrow – STOP – No left turns allowed
- Solid Yellow Arrow – Prepare to stop – Signal is turning red
- Flashing Yellow Arrow – Left turns allowed, but drivers must yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians
- Solid Green Arrow – Left turns allowed
The city of Scottsdale is one of the first cities in Arizona to install these types of signals. The Federal Highway Administration is expected to add the flashing yellow left-turn arrow as an industry standard by 2009.
For additional information go to http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/traffic/yellowarrows
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