Are semis supposed to drive the outside lane on cloverleaf ramps?

Speaking about poorly designed traffic patterns. I met a traffic engineer about 6 years back. He was the most incompetent worthless person I ever met. You could show him something 30 times, give him an exact copy of what his needed to look like and he still couldn’t get it right even with the cheat sheet directly in front of him.

 

I'm gonna take a wild guess that you've been in Pennsylvania recently while encountering such things.
I think in the last couple years they've spent more money on traffic circles than patching their gazillion potholes

 

Well it is Govt work and PennDot is 2d only to Connecticut when it comes to wasted construction $$$$
But hard as it is to fathom….Pa and others didn’t spend a penny on the roundabouts or silly reverse no left turn interesections and Hiway interchanges….
They were all 100% federally funded
So genius engineer in DC (from Mass I’m told) said they work very well in New England and implementing them will save millions in new Hiway bypass funding and will keep traffic movin and safe and when couple of higher up PennDot people balked…Governor said “ If DC is givin out $$$ we’re gonna get our share
So There ya have…govt thinkin at its finest

 

Outside lane makes it easier to monitor traffic and trailer track.

 

At least they admit the problem and post signs for the cars in WA.....

Google Maps

 

So you are telling me it is easier and you can see the right side just as well as the left in a turn??

The right is not known as the blind side for no reason.
As you drive in a corner is it not easier to look out the left mirror as you look out the windshield than to have to take your eyes off the road and turn the head to the right to view that mirror?
Maybe as best you rash a rim and at worst take out a signal or sign post.

I know where my trailer is by where my truck is at any time.

 

Personally the only time I would use the outside lane is under these conditions...
1) Posted to. I-94 to I-394 west in downtown Mpls is one such place.
2) Guardrail / wall close in on the right side.
3) The land ends at the top of the ramp - and frankly in this case, I am taking BOTH lanes...