If a car is turning right on red, and the on coming traffic is turning left on a left green arrow, does the car turning right have to yield to the cars turning left?
2006-09-13 15:43:15 · 30 answers · asked by Right 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Yes, you yield to the cars turning left.
2006-09-13 15:45:45 · answer #1 · answered by Backwoods Barbie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The oncoming traffic going straight across from your left to your right has the right of way.
The On coming traffic turning left on a green arrow has the right of way next.
Then you can turn right on red unless it is posted to be illegal for some reason.
Watch out if there are two ways to turn right on red. If there is a concrete triangle and you are in the rightmost lane turning red, you have the right of way in the rightmost lane only, not cutting across two or three lanes to the left. The car to your left may be able to make a right turn into the leftmost lane.
Heads up...
Good luck
Rick
2006-09-13 18:32:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure I get you. If oncoming traffic has a green arrow and is turning left, they would be going in the opposite direction from you. That should not present a problem as long as the oncoming straight traffic doesn't start moving when you're in the middle of turning right.
However, if the cross traffic on your right has the green arrow, you might run into trouble if one of them makes a U-turn into the lane you want to turn right into. (Does that make sense?)
Regardless, the driver with the green light always has the right of way so just be careful and make sure the coast is clear.
2006-09-13 15:54:26 · answer #3 · answered by freedomnow1950 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Those whom said "yes" are correct, however I would like to add one thing. If you are turning right and there are 2 or more lanes going in that same direction it SHOULDN'T be an issue. BUT because people don't know any better and usually make a left turn and end up in the right lane, you should always yield to them anyway just to be safe.
2006-09-13 17:35:47 · answer #4 · answered by broham85 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Cars at a red light must always yield to traffic with a green light. It doesn't matter if they're turning right.
2006-09-13 15:44:44 · answer #5 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You mean that the cars are turning into the same lane you want to turn? You have to yield, because they have a green arrow. You have to wait until it is safe before you can turn on a red light.
2006-09-13 15:45:32 · answer #6 · answered by Heidi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The car with the green arrow has the right of way.
2006-09-13 16:43:59 · answer #7 · answered by Smokey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guy who gets their first, if you get there at the same time the guy on the left, you have to yield to cars turning on an arrow, and the car turning right yields to the car turning left.
2006-09-13 15:48:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It was originally written: Right turn on red, AFTER STOP.
People don't even stop for the red light anymore!
Youv'e got to look before you run a red light, even when it's legal!
The car with the green light ALWAYS has the right of way.
In a uncontrolled, or stop sign only intersection, the car to the right has the right of way.
2006-09-15 15:35:47 · answer #9 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What everybody who says yield to the green light doesn't realize is that you cannot see his light. The rule is: Red ALWAYS yields to other traffic and proceeds only when all is clear.
2006-09-13 17:06:09 · answer #10 · answered by MikeyDo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋