Stupid Traffic Question

[Clodfobble]

Aside from all the other debate... in Texas at least, the middle lane definitely may not turn right on red, ever. Only the far right lane may turn right on red when the situation allows for it.

But we also get to turn left on red, if it's from a one-way street to another one-way street.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Aside from all the other debate... in Texas at least, the middle lane definitely may not turn right on red, ever. Only the far right lane may turn right on red when the situation allows for it.

But we also get to turn left on red, if it's from a one-way street to another one-way street.

Yeah, we do too. And left from a two-way onto a one way. Yes, I got out my "What Every Driver Must Know" produced by the state of Michigan. It says nothing about having to be in the rightmost lane to make a right on red, though. I've never come across it, I suspect because almost any turn with more than one lane has no right on red signs.

[smurfalicious]

I believe it to be a curve upon visual inspection, including the semi-turn green arrows. However, if the road that dead ends at this intersection, causing the need for the traffic light in the first place, also has a traffic light, then the argument can be made that although the road it intersects is a curve, it should be treated as a turn for the benefit of properly providing the right-of-way to the dead-end road traffic that will be traveling onto the fucked-curve/turn road.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

the middle lane definitely may not turn right on red, ever. Only the far right lane may turn right on red when the situation allows for it

That, as far as I know, is the general rule. Although I think I'm one of the few people who actually obey that law.

The only way to clear it up is contact your local department of transportation for the jurisdiction in which this intersection exists, and ask them to clarify by posting directive signs.