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May 8, 2024
11:54:10am

scall Cog in the Machine

And you don't cross the intersection line.

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scall

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Last login: Jun 11, 2024
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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

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

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

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

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

May 8, 11:50am

Also legal in AZ: U-turn at red light

May 8, 11:52am

And you don't cross the intersection line.

scall

May 8, 11:54am

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