The single-lane conditions at Eglinton Ave. and Brentcliffe Rd. have inspired a series of posts at Leaside Community. One driver urges the use of the “zipper merge” for drivers south and northbound on Brentcliffe as they turn east onto Eglinton. It is not unreasonable in the circumstances but sadly it isn’t what the Highway Traffic Act requires. Right turning drivers have the right of way over left turning drivers. Of course, the authors of the HTA did not conceive of the five-year, once-in-a-lifetime punishment sentence handed down on Toronto called the construction of the Crosstown LRT.
