The North East is full of junctions and roads that divide opinion among drivers - and one particular one is guaranteed to be a talking point.
In recent years, drivers have been spotted using a junction along the A1(M) in Birtley, Gateshead, in a variety of ways.
From jumping the gun and not letting through other drivers to racing ahead in order to beat others, it looks like it has left some drivers confused.
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It consists of two roads that lead to one single carriageway onto the A1(M), one from the A1231 and another from the B1288 and Portobello.
But do you actually know how to use it?
It is understood that the following steps apply to this junction to potentially prevent any mishaps and near misses.
Drivers coming from either the A1231 or B1288 and Portobello should actually work by taking turns and allowing vehicles to progress to the single carriageway, when it is busy.
This is known as "merging in turn" and means drivers should approach the junction in a "one left, one right" style format to keep things moving.
In other words, drivers coming from the A1231 should work with those coming from the B1288 to allow them to slot in one at a time and vice versa - but again, when it is at its busiest.
National Highways has explained that merging in turn is a tried and tested way of easing delays and congestion by using all available lanes until the point at which traffic needs to merge.
This is then meant to avoid long queues in one lane while the second remains empty - if drivers allow each other to take turns to merge into the open lane, it keeps traffic flowing.
Up until recently merge in turn signs were displayed at the junction, but it is understood that this guidance still stands in order to keep traffic moving when busy.
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