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Being allowed to turn right on red is the law in every US state. The only real exception is that it's banned in a few downtowns and, obviously, wherever a sign
by legalcorrection 5y ago
Being allowed to turn right on red is the law in every US state. The only real exception is that it's banned in a few downtowns and, obviously, wherever a sign says otherwise.
- eatonphil 5y agoOne counterexample, right turn on red is not allowed anywhere in any borough of NYC. And outer Queens/Brooklyn/Staten Island are indistinguishable (to me) from the rest of Long Island (suburb). (i.e. not just downtown/busy areas of NYC)
- legalcorrection 5y agoYes, NYC is not just pragmatically anti-car (which to some extent it needs to be), it is also ideologically anti-car, and that manifests in stupid rules like that.
- eatonphil 5y agoNYC has free parking in every borough which is fairly pro-car in my (admittedly probably anti-car) circles.
- zip1234 5y agoThe most expensive real estate per sq foot in the world and they allow people to store personal cars for free on the street. Ludicrous
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoThat's not a stupid rule. Right-on-red is quite unsafe for pedestrians.
- zip1234 5y agoRight turn on red really doesn't belong anywhere where people could be on the street. Drivers turning red will often pull forward into the crosswalk and there may be a walk signal.
- Tabular-Iceberg 5y agoHow is that any different from a right turn on green where there may be a walk signal?
- zip1234 5y agoIn a right turn on green scenario, the driver mainly needs to be looking for pedestrians crossing and they will be crossing a different direction. In a right turn on red, their primary focus is on cars, limiting their attention on pedestrians. It also encourages creeping out into the crosswalk, blocking people from crossing on a signal.
- Tabular-Iceberg 5y agoThat makes sense. Being European I’m often annoyed at not being allowed to turn right on red. Allowing it at non-pedestrian intersections would perhaps be a fair compromise.
- chrisseaton 5y agoBlows my mind you’d both tell a pedestrian to cross and also allow a car to drive through at the same time.
- legalcorrection 5y agoSo you'd have every intersection come to a complete stop in all directions for pedestrian crossings? New York would come to a complete standstill.