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You're ignoring the giant green circle on the sign, which means you yield on green solid, not green arrow. Green arrows give you right of way. If you're in the US and drive, please learn the road signs
Not arguing about what the actual traffic laws are. I am arguing that this is objectively confusing design. "Left turn yield on green (CIRCLE)" does not mean that left turn yields on green. It means, "when turning left, but the solid light is green, and the left turn arrow is not lit up, yield to oncoming traffic. But if the solid light is green and the left turn arrow is lit, then do not yield." So you literally do not yield on green.
Sure you can just tell people to "please learn the road signs" no matter how terrible... or we can acknowledge that this is an asinine design. I have no idea why anyone would spend energy defending this.
If I remember correctly, both lights would never be lit at the same time. It's either a green circle (yield) or a green arrow (right of way) just like literally every other intersection in existence ever.
What are you taking about? Plenty of intersections are green on left turn and straight at the same time.
Those are in different light boxes. This is 1 light box. The green and arrow won't be lit up at the same time in the same light box