When the people across the intersection are making their left turns, they're essentially blocking the on-coming traffic; why not make your right turn then? Why wait until the light turns green? It never fails that when I'm in a hurry to get somewhere, I always get these people in front of me....
Right turn on red - go now!!
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They'd have to stop texting and pay attention. Good luck with that.
Originally Posted By: jimbrewer
Because half of them swing wide into the curb lane.
No I don't mean those people making their left turns; I mean the people right in front of you that are making their left turns.
Like this. I'm the guy in the blue car making my right turn while everybody else is making their left turns.
Because half of them swing wide into the curb lane.
No I don't mean those people making their left turns; I mean the people right in front of you that are making their left turns.
Like this. I'm the guy in the blue car making my right turn while everybody else is making their left turns.
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
When the people across the intersection are making their left turns, they're essentially blocking the on-coming traffic; why not make your right turn then? Why wait until the light turns green? It never fails that when I'm in a hurry to get somewhere, I always get these people in front of me....
Some drivers may not like the increased odds of overlooking a pedestrian or a bicyclist coming from behind, because they have to pay increased attention towards the left when making a right turn on red. Surely there is a reason why the right turn on red is merely a legal option abd not a law.
Here is driver behavior I don't get: When on a one-way street, and about to make a left turn into another one-way street, why do many drivers not stay to the far left of their lane but smack-dab in the middle? By being on the left, they would have a superior view of vehicles coming from the right.
hotwheels
When the people across the intersection are making their left turns, they're essentially blocking the on-coming traffic; why not make your right turn then? Why wait until the light turns green? It never fails that when I'm in a hurry to get somewhere, I always get these people in front of me....
Some drivers may not like the increased odds of overlooking a pedestrian or a bicyclist coming from behind, because they have to pay increased attention towards the left when making a right turn on red. Surely there is a reason why the right turn on red is merely a legal option abd not a law.
Here is driver behavior I don't get: When on a one-way street, and about to make a left turn into another one-way street, why do many drivers not stay to the far left of their lane but smack-dab in the middle? By being on the left, they would have a superior view of vehicles coming from the right.
hotwheels
because while legal, Right on red is optional, and some of us are just a-holes like that.
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My biggest pet-peeve is when getting off the freeway, we have 3 lanes
Left lane-left turn only
Middle lane-can turn left, go straight, or turn right
Right lane-right turn only
I usually use the middle lane to turn right. The cars in the right lane who are also turning right skip a lane during the turn and don't follow the dotted lines to keep in the right lane when turning, and the middle lane can turn right into the middle lane on the right. I don't know how many times I've had to slam on the brakes and lay on the horn for the idiots that fly into my lane during the turn. Just 3 days ago a guy did this in a huge SUV, he was on the phone (most of the people who do this are) and his car would have taken the front of my car off, I had to check when I got home (he left right away) if there were any scratches. Luckily there were none.
Left lane-left turn only
Middle lane-can turn left, go straight, or turn right
Right lane-right turn only
I usually use the middle lane to turn right. The cars in the right lane who are also turning right skip a lane during the turn and don't follow the dotted lines to keep in the right lane when turning, and the middle lane can turn right into the middle lane on the right. I don't know how many times I've had to slam on the brakes and lay on the horn for the idiots that fly into my lane during the turn. Just 3 days ago a guy did this in a huge SUV, he was on the phone (most of the people who do this are) and his car would have taken the front of my car off, I had to check when I got home (he left right away) if there were any scratches. Luckily there were none.
You mean you are going from South to North and turn right to East at red light and drivers turning left from East to South with green arrow ?
You need to stop first and if you don't see the drivers on your right hand making a U-turn then you can make a right turn safely.
But there are many drivers who don't know how traffic signal work so they just wait for next green light. Because there are 3 possible ways of other drivers with right of way to hit you when you make a right turn on red.
North bound turning right on red light can get into accident with these drivers:
South bound turning left on green arrow light
East bound on green light
West bound making U-turn on green arrow light
You need to stop first and if you don't see the drivers on your right hand making a U-turn then you can make a right turn safely.
But there are many drivers who don't know how traffic signal work so they just wait for next green light. Because there are 3 possible ways of other drivers with right of way to hit you when you make a right turn on red.
North bound turning right on red light can get into accident with these drivers:
South bound turning left on green arrow light
East bound on green light
West bound making U-turn on green arrow light
If only we had to take and pass the Tuv driving examine in Germany here in N.America. Only about 20% would have licenses and with less bad drivers on the road we could drive faster and with less congestion. Driving is a privledge not a right and should be respected.
Originally Posted By: spackard
What bugs me is if I make a U-turn on a left arrow and some right-on-red doesn't yield to my already being in the intersection and his not already being in the intersection.
Yes, you're supposed to have the right of way. But if I see you making a left turn instead of making a U-turn, I'm gonna make my right turn now.
What bugs me is if I make a U-turn on a left arrow and some right-on-red doesn't yield to my already being in the intersection and his not already being in the intersection.
Yes, you're supposed to have the right of way. But if I see you making a left turn instead of making a U-turn, I'm gonna make my right turn now.
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
I don't know how many times I've had to slam on the brakes and lay on the horn for the idiots that fly into my lane during the turn
What's the definition for doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome?
hotwheels
I don't know how many times I've had to slam on the brakes and lay on the horn for the idiots that fly into my lane during the turn
What's the definition for doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome?
hotwheels
Originally Posted By: bvance554
It has nothing to do with the other people making their left hand turn. If there is no on coming traffic, just turn right.
Yes it has everything to do with people making their left turns. There can't be any on-coming traffic when people are making their left turns; that's what the right turn on green people fail to understand.
It has nothing to do with the other people making their left hand turn. If there is no on coming traffic, just turn right.
Yes it has everything to do with people making their left turns. There can't be any on-coming traffic when people are making their left turns; that's what the right turn on green people fail to understand.
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
Originally Posted By: bvance554
It has nothing to do with the other people making their left hand turn. If there is no on coming traffic, just turn right.
Yes it has everything to do with people making their left turns. There can't be any on-coming traffic when people are making their left turns; that's what the right turn on green people fail to understand.
Right turn on red ?
Originally Posted By: bvance554
It has nothing to do with the other people making their left hand turn. If there is no on coming traffic, just turn right.
Yes it has everything to do with people making their left turns. There can't be any on-coming traffic when people are making their left turns; that's what the right turn on green people fail to understand.
Right turn on red ?
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Right turn on red ?
No I meant right turn on green people. There's some people out there who absolutely refuse to turn right on red; those are right turn on green people.
Right turn on red ?
No I meant right turn on green people. There's some people out there who absolutely refuse to turn right on red; those are right turn on green people.
I see.
Nothing you can do about those drivers, and they do not violate any diving law so police can't do anything about those drivers either.
Nothing you can do about those drivers, and they do not violate any diving law so police can't do anything about those drivers either.
Turning right on a red is optional. Waiting for a green light is fine. I'll never question what the person in front of me is doing or not doing in that situation. They can see what I may not.
Now, if that intersection had a green right turn arrow, then I may have some sympathy. However, those cost extra...
Now, if that intersection had a green right turn arrow, then I may have some sympathy. However, those cost extra...
NYC....no right turns on the red anywhere....except when posted.
I can't imagine all of the pedestrian fatalities and injuries if people were allowed to make a right on the red at every intersection in NYC.
People would never be able to cross the street.
I can't imagine all of the pedestrian fatalities and injuries if people were allowed to make a right on the red at every intersection in NYC.
People would never be able to cross the street.
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