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> Most of the Northeast U.S. allows right-on-red Is this true? The largest city in the Northeast (NYC) does not have right on red unless posted.
by santaclaus 9y ago
> Most of the Northeast U.S. allows right-on-red
Is this true? The largest city in the Northeast (NYC) does not have right on red unless posted.
- lobster_johnson 9y agoNY state does have turn-on-red, just not within NYC city limits.
- nostrademons 9y agoIt's really just NYC that forbids it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on_red#North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on_red#North_America (I was a bit surprised to learn that all 50 states permit it, and they lose federal funding if they don't. Other than NYC, I've never encountered a place that doesn't, but I'd thought it was really a state-by-state thing.)
- nsnick 9y agoIt is not even state by state. It is city by city and most cities in the north east either ban right turns on red entirely, or post a sign banning it at every intersection.
- Buldak 9y agoI was under the impression that NYC is the exception and not the rule. I'm from Minnesota and was unaware that anyplace disallowed right-on-red until I met my college roommate, who is Brooklyn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on_red https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on_red
- ghaff 9y agoAFAIK, right turn on red is universal in the US EXCEPT NYC and anywhere that it's explicitly posted as not allowed. Certainly as a driver I'm not aware of anyplace else where I wouldn't right turn on red absent a specific prohibition.