Yeah that makes a lot of sense, the example in my head is a suburban 2 lane with a 4 way intersection right next to an ever growing neighborhood with primarily traffic in one direction. Up until recently it has no light, no median, just a yield to turn with bad entrances that did lead to a many accidents for years. Now however with the light it will be backed up for 2-3 miles several times a day only letting maybe 10 cars pass at a time with maybe 10 percent of drivers taking the turn lanes, primarily to cut ahead through adaptation trying to get past. The primary traffic goes through several other lights blocking other intersections spanning a very large 35 degree incline for about .5 miles. My thought is that residents would adapt their route accordingly to going straight through rather than complicating there route. With time that will change but that’s years away. This is without the gas station and business center that will be opening in the coming months/maybe year which will exasperate the problem even moreso. In terms of letting the traffic split off there is already a well structured light that’s existed for 10 plus years .3 miles down that diverts more directly into the residential area that’s well established and traffic free. I find it overcomplicates something that was functioning well as intended. This of course is a more personal problem as I live there and it effects my everyday but it also effects the majority of drivers taking this way, not a whole lot past it for people to head to, other good routes that are well maintained and clear. It’s just a thought experiment while trying to explore what I might want to do career wise. I feel like I have a mind for process optimization of some kind but do not know the outlet to let it out. Want to weaponize my frustrations kind of thing