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BTW in California, left on red is legal when it's one-way to one-way. Most people don't realise it so I don't do it if there is any ped around. Also no-stop r
by gumby 3y ago
BTW in California, left on red is legal when it's one-way to one-way. Most people don't realise it so I don't do it if there is any ped around.
Also no-stop right turns at red lights are made by putting a triangular island that forms a "protected" right lane. I put "protected" in quotes because it's protected in traffic engineer jargon but affords no protection to peds. Few pedestrians realise that the driver is not supposed to stop when making this turn, and that even when a crosswalk is marked there is no pedestrian signal. Super dangerous. With these it's often hard to even see a pedestrian even when you slow down.
Again, this is California; I don't know about anywhere else. CA has it's own traffic laws; for example I believe it's the only state in which it's legal to overtake on the right hand side (the equivalent is called "undertake" in the UK I believe).
- taeric 3y agoI think most places are "turn on red is legal, if you don't have to cross traffic?" In practice, this means right for most intersections, and left for 1-way to 1-way. (And to be fully fair, they usually are codified individually.) Similarly, many places are taking up the "Idaho Stop law" for cyclists. Gets rather annoying to have to explain to random folks that you can, in fact, not fully stop at a stop sign as a biker now.