I guess everyone who drives in a new City has undergone through the following frustrating driving experience (I experienced that feeling in Brooklyn just a month ago):

You drive rather slowly according to the poor instructions someone gave you. No matter how hard you try, eventually you take a wrong turn. Now, all you want is to get back, on track, on time. However, in many of the streets nearby, you cannot turn to all directions, but rather only to the left or only to the right. You try your best guessing where it would be best to turn to head back, but you simply know you keep getting it wrong. You become more and more frustrated and angry, and when you finally get to your destination, you swear that next time you take a cab.

My suggestion is to expand the signs on junctions, to include more directional information. The sign would give at one recommendation path for drivers who would like to turn twice to the left and for drivers who want to turn twice to the right. A smaller arrow can also designate what other turns are available once you turn into that direction. The distance will be specified as well, to give the driver a sense whether he is on the right track or not.

So for example, if I am driving north in Church street in NH, and I get to the intersection with Crown I would see:

1. Left arrow to Crown. That arrow forking into 2 : A left for Temple street at 100m, a smaller right for High Street at 500m.2. There is no right turn here, so there is no need for right arrow.3. For the ahead arrow, I would like to see a right arrow for Elm street at 700m, and a smaller left arrow for Grove St at 900m.

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