right-on-red stress

"brink" > wrote in
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> "Paul." > wrote in message
> th.net...
>> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:46:32 -0400, small , said the following in
>> rec.autos.driving...
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>>> I'm in a new town. I don't feel comfortable turning right-on-red
>>> with the amount of traffic. Most of these types of intersections are
>>> marked "no right turn on red" where I'm from and it just seems bad
>>> to gun the
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> gas on red to save a few seconds. It would be too easy to miss a
>>> speeding car on a yellow light or a pedestrian. Lots of people speed
>>> here. Cars here beep at people that don't turn on red. How do I
>>> handle these beepers? If I don't feel comfortable, would it be a
>>> mistake to turn?
>>>
>>
>> If, as you say, the intersection is marked "no right turn on red," it
>> would be a big mistake to make the turn on a red light. Cause an
>> accident, you pay; cop sees you, get a ticket. If its not signed as
>> such, then IIRC, you are under no obligation to make the turn untill
>> you get a green light. Ignore the honkers.
>
> what's the legal definition of this phenomenon? say a driver in a
> right turn only lane is sitting at a red light, there's no one there
> except himself and the driver behind him. let's say it's late at
> night, so there's NO other traffic in ANY direction. they're sitting
> there for one... two minutes (let's say it's a poorly engineered
> intersection) and driver A could EASILY make a RH turn because there's
> really no danger of other cars at all. driver B is being clearly
> inconvenienced to the tune of two minutes because of driver A's
> timidity/stubbornness.
>
> is there any legal violation here? can an officer cite for
> obstructing flow or something else like that?
>
> just wondering...
>
> brink
>
>

I believe right-on-red turns (where permissible) are OPTIONAL,driver's
choice,not mandatory.

They get to decide if they can do it safely or not.

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Jim Yanik
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