Yes. 100% agree except there have already been accidents at this intersection.

This intersection design coupled with a speed limit increase to 45 mph a few years ago make this dangerous.

We seem to have a problem brewing at the intersection of Hobbs and Bell Rd in South HSV. The lights and signage are causing serious confusion and drivers seem to be getting ugly about it - seeing who can quickly turn onto Bell first. Drivers facing east have a green light and a green light on the crosswalk pole and assume, as has always been the rules of the road, that they have the right of way to turn. Drivers facing west have a flashing yellow but, because there is also a yield sign on a post beside drivers turning right, the left turn drivers assume they have the right of way and very often turn in front of the drivers turning right. Lots of horn honking and yelling (according the to Nextdoor app). Can anything be done to rectify this problem so everyone knows who has the right of way at this intersection?

Removing the yield sign would resolve this.

Thank you for contacting the City of Huntsville Traffic Engineering. We will respond soon.

Issue 14896447 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

These are two totally separate situations:

1)The "drivers facing west have a flashing yellow." This simply means that west-bound drivers wanting to turn left on Bell Mountain have to yield to traffic coming east from the Arsenal. As I'm working to teach my son, if you are attempting a left turn and crossing the path of someone else who is going straight through the same intersection, you have to yield to the vehicles coming straight at you. You can't just turn in front of them and expect them to stop when they, too, have a green light. You must yield to oncoming traffic; THAT'S IT!

2)The yield sign at the right turn from east-bound Hobbs onto south-bound Bell Mountain is for the two people meeting at that very point. If two cars arrive that that little triangle at the same time, the one with the yield sign must yield right of way to the other driver (despite being on the right). The yield sign DOES NOT override the traffic light and the rules that apply out in the main intersection. I had to study and learn these right-of-way laws in detail when I got my driver license in the 1980s; you can learn them too, I promise.

I agree with the city. Drivers who know and understand the signage and laws will be fine. Just do what you're supposed to do, be responsible, and don't assume you know more than everybody else. That goes for me, too! I don't know more than everybody, but I have studied a little.

This has been totally ignored by the city. Completely have stonewalled it for years.

Accidents have occurred at this intersection.

It’s time for the city to step up and correct this for the safety of all.

While others on this this post have provided instructions for the rules of the road, they seem to forget that very few drivers really understand and follow them…. Especially in this city and state.

Accidents have and continue to occur at this intersection.

Perhaps if the city would at least attempt to help simplify traffic signaling/signs, fewer accidents and misunderstandings would occur.

I am not advocating a substitute for traffic laws and rules, simply a common-sense approach to reducing the confusion and accidents that this intersection has been plagued with for a long time.

Here is a prime example of why the traffic light (on the far right facing west) should be removed or changed. Some drivers think they don’t have to yield if that light is green. Converting the green light to a flashing yellow right arrow seems a good compromise as it would reinforce the requirement to yield.