He posts a link to a map of that junction in the comments and says it's 'more like a T-junction' in some ways. He has a point, and that would probably explain why he takes it so fast, feeling like he's going straight on.
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He posts a link to a map of that junction in the comments and says it's 'more like a T-junction' in some ways. He has a point, and that would probably explain why he takes it so fast, feeling like he's going straight on.