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box junction
, pictured from atop the Monument in 1969 A box junction is a road traffic control measure designed to prevent congestion and gridlock at junctions. The surface of the junction is typically marked with a yellow criss-cross grid of diagonal painted lines (or only two lines crossing each other in the box), and vehicles may not enter the area so marked unless their exit from the junction is clear, or they are intending to turn and are prevented from doing so by oncoming traffic, or other vehicles on the box waiting to turn. Box junctions were introduced in the UK during 1967, following a successful trial in London. In both Ireland and the United Kingdom (where cars drive on the left), drivers may enter the box and wait when they want to turn right and are stopped from doing so only by oncoming traffic or by other vehicles waiting to turn right. Box junctions may be painted on other areas of roadway which must be kept free of queuing traffic, such as exits from emergency vehicle depots, level crossings and car parks. Box junctions are most widely used in many European countries such as Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Malta, Portugal, Serbia and the United Kingdom; in Trinidad and Tobago in parts of the United States, such as New York and Colorado; and other countries, including Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, India and Brazil.
Article summary
, pictured from atop the Monument in 1969 A box junction is a road traffic control measure designed to prevent congestion and gridlock at junctions. The surface of the junction is typically marked with a yellow criss-cross grid of diagonal painted lines (or only two lines crossing each other in the box), and vehicles may not enter the area so marked unless their exit from the junction is clear, or they are intending to turn and are prevented from doing so by oncoming traffic, or other vehicles on the box waiting to turn. Box junctions were introduced in the UK during 1967, following a successful trial in London. In both Ireland and the United Kingdom (where cars drive on the left), drivers may enter the box and wait when they want to turn right and are stopped from doing so only by oncoming traffic or by other vehicles waiting to turn right. Box junctions may be painted on other areas of roadway which must be kept free of queuing traffic, such as exits from emergency vehicle depots, level crossings and car parks. Box junctions are most widely used in many European countries such as Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Malta, Portugal, Serbia and the United Kingdom; in Trinidad and Tobago in parts of the United States, such as New York and Colorado; and other countries, including Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, India and Brazil.
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