Turning Left From Rees St To Lakeshore Blvd
I hope you can help me clarify something:
Let's say in Toronto, you are on Rees St (the street between the Rogers Centre and Lakeshore) going south, and you wish to turn left on Lakeshore to go east.
In this intersection, Lakeshore is divided by a wide median. There are 2 sets of lights when coming from Rees: The 1st after the westbound lanes, and the 2nd after the eastbound lanes.
You cross the westbound lanes because the light was green, but by the time you get to the westbound lanes the light has turned red (usually because 3-4 cars in front of you had to yield the right of way to the upcoming traffic or pedestrians and turned on the yellow light).
What should one do? Stop and wait for the left-turn-only light to be green? Or turn left anyway, before the cars on Lakeshore start, even if the light is red?
I saw people do both. And I saw some people stopping at the 2nd set of lights and being honked because they didn't turn, even if the light was red.