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BlueBlood94
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Most also don't know that in UT, the law actually requires you to pull into the intersection when turning left.
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Did you know... you can get a ticket for turning left on a red even if
deejo
May 8, 10:48am
Not everyone does this because it is illegal to wait in the intersection in some states.
Tokolosh
May 8, 10:49am
I don't think most drivers know this
deejo
May 8, 10:51am
I had to look this up after we moved to TX because almost everyone waits behind the line on a flashing yellow or green
Mike Honcho
May 8, 10:54am
That annoyed the heck out of me in TX
VenomFarmer
May 8, 10:58am
Worse is when they wait over the line, and then back up when the light turns red
Peterbilt
May 8, 11:08am
I'd always be yelling in my car, "GO, GO, GO!" Lol
VenomFarmer
May 8, 3:06pm
I'm not that polite... I won't back up either if I'm behind them
Peterbilt
May 8, 4:36pm
Interesting as I had kids go through drivers school in TX and they were told
Blue for Life
May 8, 11:09am
The last amendment to §545.302 was in 1999
Mike Honcho
May 8, 11:20am
In the state I live in, most people think it is against the law, but it isn't.
Acorn
May 8, 11:54am
What state?
2ndTrombone
May 8, 10:50am
UT, ID for starters
deejo
May 8, 10:51am
Mind citing the law?
AFewThoughts
May 8, 10:59am
I think it says what others are saying, you can't stop in the intersection
deejo
May 8, 11:04am
Ok... Siegfried speaks for Utah and I stand corrected on Utah.
deejo
May 8, 11:18am
Great timing! 🙂 I did a fairly thorough search of the laws governing driving
AFewThoughts
May 8, 11:39am
In which state did you get ticketed?
2ndTrombone
May 8, 11:15am
Wrong. There's no law in Idaho regarding turning left on red.
HandwovenBox
May 8, 11:37am
Yes, because typically you cannot pull into an intersection if you do not have
unsq312
May 8, 10:52am
I don't think most drivers know this
deejo
May 8, 10:53am
Most also don't know that in UT, the law actually requires you to pull into the intersection when turning left.
BlueBlood94
May 8, 10:56am
News to me. I do it all the time. No idea it was illegal.
gangbusters
May 8, 10:53am
It's not.
OnEMoReTrY
May 8, 10:57am
Are you sure?
Ted Lasso
May 8, 10:53am
Everywhere should do the all red clearance interval. It's so much better than cutting it close
shimmy
May 8, 11:01am
Could you imagine how many car accidents would go away if we had an all red clearance interval everywhere?
scall
May 8, 11:05am
Check your code closely, In AZ if you are already past the intersection line before the light goes to red, you don't
scall
May 8, 10:53am
This was my understanding for pretty much everywhere.
gangbusters
May 8, 10:54am
It is definitely the majority rule.
scall
May 8, 10:58am
*limit line
Turd Ferguson
May 8, 11:33am
Arizona just calls it the intersection and defines it as the imaginary line that would be a straight line drawn between
scall
May 8, 11:38am
You are absolutely allowed to turn left on red as long as you entered the
OnEMoReTrY
May 8, 10:56am
Something that sticks in my mind from years ago
Pro Logic
May 8, 11:42am
I didn't know the one car rule. What is your confidence level in that, i.e.,
Acorn
May 8, 11:58am
Confident, you can't enter a blocked intersection. If there's a car waiting to
OnEMoReTrY
May 8, 1:49pm
I've searched the code and can't see a thing about this. Do you have a source?
AFewThoughts
May 8, 12:05pm
You can't enter a blocked intersection. If there's a car waiting to turn left
OnEMoReTrY
May 8, 1:50pm
Show me the statute that says only one car. Or the 'blocked' language. This is
AFewThoughts
May 8, 2:08pm
See below:
OnEMoReTrY
May 8, 2:49pm
I've tried, but I really can't see how when this provision has anything to
AFewThoughts
May 8, 3:23pm
Do you enter the crosswalk with your vehicle when there's pedestrians crossing?
OnEMoReTrY
May 8, 4:24pm
A car's right-of-way does not include the space behind the car. So there's no
HandwovenBox
May 8, 4:35pm
Precisely you're not blocking anyone's right of way path here. Or crossing anyo
AFewThoughts
May 8, 4:46pm
Not everyone does this. Everyone in Utah does this, but other states do it differently.
shimmy
May 8, 10:59am
Against the law to pull out in the middle of the intersection to turn left in TX
Blue for Life
May 8, 11:08am
not necessarily, see Mike Honcho's post above about the TX statute
byujag
May 8, 1:49pm
Saw that after I posted, just didn't take it down or change it. Thanks
Blue for Life
May 8, 1:54pm
Link to relevant UT code
BYUpsychom
May 8, 11:48am
This also might be relevant
BYUpsychom
May 8, 11:51am
Legal in AZ
kapcreations
May 8, 11:50am
Also legal in AZ: U-turn at red light
kapcreations
May 8, 11:52am
And you don't cross the intersection line.
scall
May 8, 11:54am
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