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Countless people travel east on Lakeshore, and then use the left turn lane (and advanced green) at Carlaw to make a u-turn and head west on Lakeshore. I got a ticket for doing this, because there is a bylaw that you can't do u-turns over a railroad track (even if it is never used), and the police officer explained how dangerous it is to do. As he was giving me the ticket, he mentioned that he'd been sitting there all morning giving people tickets. I noted that I would never make a u-turn if there was a no u-turn sign, and that if it is so dangerous to do, it would seem to make more sense if there were a no u-turn sign to hopefully prevent people from doing it, rather than ticket them after the fact. I have not made that u-turn since, but every time I'm sitting on Carlaw waiting to turn west onto Lakeshore, there are a number of cars still making this harrowing and 'extremely dangerous' left turn. Why would the city choose to not put a no u-turn sign there, and instead, pay an officer to sit there and give people tickets instead? I admit, I haven't done it since, but I wouldn't have even done it in the first place if there was a sign. And if it's so dangerous to do, it seems a little risky to wait until someone is caught doing it before penalizing them and 'teaching them a lesson'. Put a sign up....