who has the right of way, a person making a u turn at a green light or a right turn at red light?

Question

assuming they are both trying to go at the same time in the same direction.

Answer 1

The person with the green light always has the right-of-way over someone stopped by a red light.

Answer 2

if it is an intersection where U-turns are allowed, the car moving in the allowed direction of travel (i.e. whoever has the green light) has the right of way.

Reverse the situation and consider it. If you were turning right at a green light, would someone with a red light legally be able to make the U-turn?

Answer 3

A person making a right on red never has right of way over the traffic that has the green. The law in this situation regards the red light as a stop sign. Likewise a car making a U-turn on a green must give way to the normal flow of traffic.

Answer 4

I would have to say a person making a right turn at red light does not have the right of way.

Answer 5

In some places seeing as how u turns are legal the person making the u-turn would have the right of way if his/her light was green.

Answer 6

Unless U-turns are forbidden at that intersection either by a sign or law the U-turn driver would have the right of way.

Right turn on red is allowed, but...
The driver must come to a full stop and ensure that it is safe to proceed. Should they cause an accident they do not have the right of way.

A driver doing a lawful U-turn at a green light would have right of way over the right turn on red.

Legal battle begins when the U-turn driver sees the right turn on red proceeding to turn and forces his right of way. Most places even with the right of way, if you force an accident you get charged.

Answer 7

When you are making a right turn on red, you must yield the right of way to any and all other vehicles and to pedestrians. Therefore, the car making a U turn on a green light would have the right of way!!

Answer 8

The person turning on a red must ALWAYS WAIT until it is safe to proceed.

Never make a U-turn:

* On a divided highway by crossing a dividing section, curb, strip of land, or two sets of double lines.
* Where you cannot clearly see 200 feet in each direction because of a curve, hill, rain, fog, or other reason.
* Where a “No U-Turn” sign is posted.
* When other vehicles may hit you.(this one applies here)
* On a one-way street.
* In front of a fire station. Never use a fire station driveway to turn around.
* In business districts. Areas with churches, apartments, multiple dwelling houses, clubs, and public buildings (except schools) are also considered to be business districts. Turn only at an intersection or where openings

California Vehicle Code

Answer 9

U turns at controlled [stop sign or traffic light] intersections are illegal in most states. SO the person making a right on red would have the right of way

Answer 10

I believe that it would be a shared fault. Both parties have an obligation to check for a clear travel way. If both movements are allowed in the intersection, then both parties would be equally at fault.
Check location of the U-turn and make sure it is a legal movement though. In many intersections, surprisingly, it is illegal to make a U-turn according to law and it is not posted.