I've also seen drivers whizz down the bus lane and then pull across into the middle of the junction to wait there until the green filter light sequence, thus avoiding the long queue of traffic in the right hand lane.
When I timed the sequences last year typically the right hand filter only operates for 10 seconds, whereas the green lights for going straight on (heading southwards) last for 50 seconds. Needs to be changed in my view to allow 20 seconds on every sequence for the right hand filter, thus still giving 2/3rds of the time to drivers heading south. |