Practice question

What is the primary consideration when designing vehicle detection for a protected-permissive left-turn phase?

  1. The detection zone must only cover the left-turn lane stop bar area
  2. Both stop-bar presence detection and advance detection are needed — stop-bar for gap-out during permissive and advance for queue measurement during protected
  3. Only advance detection is needed for left-turn phases
  4. Detection is not needed for left-turn phases because they operate on fixed timing

Answer: B — Both stop-bar presence detection and advance detection are needed — stop-bar for gap-out during permissive and advance for queue measurement during protected

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