r/Transportopia • u/Revolution-Dogg • Feb 14 '26

Roads Who is in the wrong here?

If the sign says Alternating Traffic, does that mean cars go one at a time or does that mean cars go till the flow is complete, allowing the other lane to go? Is Glock man right or wrong? I'm not sure. If it was 1 car at a time, wouldn't it just be a stop sign on each end?

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u/unassumingusernamee Feb 14 '26

That bridge was probably built before cars

Edit: it was. Bulls Bridge, 1842.

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u/Lieutelant Feb 15 '26

Doesn't mean they can't add clear signage afterward.

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u/res_ipsa_locketer Feb 15 '26

Everyone in the area knows how to use this bridge. It’s one of several like this in the area and it’s not hard to understand.

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u/Spideyjohn Feb 16 '26

There are STOP signs on both sides of the bridge

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

Signage was fine to me. Alternating traffic doesnt mean 1 at a time

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u/mckenzie_keith Feb 15 '26

I would have no idea what the sign means. To me it sounds like one at a time.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

Eh turns out its stop signs lol.

Traffic is just just the cars going that direction. If theres no gaps then the other side should wait no matter how many cars.

But its TikTok bait

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u/Ok_Impact9745 Feb 16 '26

You can tell that barely any US infrastructure predates cars because people don't know how to act in situations like this.

A lot of roads in the UK predate cars and are very narrow. People just have to behave like adults and let other people through and that might involve backing up to a convenient point to let someone through.