Choate v. Swanson

The traffic signals at the intersection of 205th avenue north (secondary state highway No. 2-B) with Aurora avenue (primary state highway No. 1), in King county, as shown by the accompanying diagram, serve a dual purpose of (1) regulating traffic on Aurora avenue as it approaches the intersection from the north, south, east, and west, and (2) directing all such traffic destined for Edmonds into the Edmonds storage lane for a left turn off of Aurora avenue.

Those whose destination is Edmonds, and who are approaching on Aurora avenue from the south on the inside lane of travel, are confronted,…