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As a UK resident holidaying in California, I was confused both as a pedestrian and as a driver. As a pedestrian I learned to claim the right of way and cross w
by webignition 9y ago
As a UK resident holidaying in California, I was confused both as a pedestrian and as a driver.
As a pedestrian I learned to claim the right of way and cross when it seemed safe.
As a driver I was unable to resolve my confusion regarding turning on red light. If there were no vehicles queued behind me I would wait for a green light. I would otherwise typically wait for a sufficient amount of beeping from other vehicles to then assume that turning on a red was what I should be doing.
- jnty 9y agoWere you aware that turning right on red is legal in most of the US but chose not to, or did you not know?
- bcraven 9y agoI usually choose not to turn on red when driving in the US when when it's busy. I consider it safer to wait for explicit priority.
- undersuit 9y agoThat's perfectly acceptable if you ask me. I have a cranky manual transmission, I don't want to put myself in a dangerous situation just because I have to accelerate at max speed and possibly stall the engine. At least, as far as I know there are no mandatory right turn on red laws in effect in the US