[jsmith45]

I agree with that. I used to be one of VERY, VERY few drivers that ever when straight at a certain intersection with a left turn only lane, and a straight and right turn lane. The other direction was bigger, and there was a relatively long wait for the light to change once a vehicle detection was triggered. I always felt bad for the people behind me because I was blocking from making a right on red.

It would have been so much better if it was a right only, and straight+left lane.

There is of course an exception to this. If there is a protected left turn cycle, then the left turn lane needs to be its own lane, but that was not the case at the intersection in question.