This was Euclid, Descartes, even the funky, erstwhile samizdat Deleuze, all rendered actual and solid; as the hours ticked by, I began seeing chessboards, box junctions, starting grids of motor races; I'd be in these spaces, held by their geometry, floating above it, too, be-podiumed . . .
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Motor Cycle, 23 March 1967, p.378 More Box Junctions . Accessed and added 2014-06-10 In both Ireland and the United Kingdom (where cars drive on the left), drivers may enter the box and wait when they want to turn right and are stopped from doing so only by oncoming traffic or by other vehicles waiting to turn right. Box junctions may be painted on other areas of roadway which must be kept free of queuing traffic, such as exits from emergency vehicle depots, level crossings and car parks.
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In Guernsey, filter in turns are more common than in Jersey and are used in a variety of road situations. This is because unlike Jersey, Guernsey has no road classification system, and traffic speeds tend to be lower, so roads more often have equal priority. Guernsey often uses box junctions at filter in turns to ensure traffic filtering does not block other traffic at peak times. Unlike in Jersey, filter in turns have painted FILTER markings on the road.
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Box junctions are most widely used in many European countries such as Cyprus, Ireland, Malta, Portugal, Serbia and the United Kingdom; in parts of the United States, such as New York and Colorado; and other countries, including Canada , Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines,"13.6: 'Do Not Block Intersection' lines", Highway Safety Design Standards, Part 2: Road Signs and Pavement Markings Manual, Philippines: Department of Public Works and Highways, p.127 South Africa , Taiwan and Brazil.
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A box junction in London, pictured from atop the Monument in 1969. A box junction is a road traffic control measure designed to prevent congestion and gridlock at junctions. The surface of the junction is typically marked with a yellow criss-cross grid of diagonal painted lines (or only two lines crossing each other in the box), and vehicles may not enter the area so marked unless their exit from the junction is clear, or they are intending to turn and are prevented from doing so by oncoming traffic, or other vehicles on the box waiting to turn. Box junctions were introduced in the UK during 1967, following a successful trial in London.
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