All of the protected turn signals (left & right) inside Charlottesville city are R-Y-GA. Most of these signals have no signs to go with them either. There are a few with redundant bimodal arrows in the green section. Other than that, they only have green arrows.
Outside city limits, all of the turn signals (both left & right) are R-YA-GA. Most of these signals do have signs, with the turn arrow and 'ONLY' below.
There are two intersections with RA-YA-GA signals, in both situations for traffic coming off the side road at a T intersection.
The MUTCD says left turn signal must have all sections as arrows, and right turn signals must have yellow & green arrows with red arrow or ball.
All of these signals function the same as they would if they had red arrows... so why, even for new / LED converted signals, do they only use green or green & yellow arrows?
R-Y-GA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_xrWqDzgg
R-YA-GA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAG8D7XadV4
R-Y-BA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGOmcOcQstU
2. Spanwires
The last 2 diagonal spanwires in Charlottesville (not counting those for beacon clusters) were removed within the last 2 years. The last box span (which was recently redone, with new Siemens signals and NAI doghouses) is now under construction again, and mast arms are being put up. I know masts are stronger, but is there a reason spans are specifically being avoided?
