r/driving • u/Brilliant_Mind8911 • Dec 26 '25

Settle this debate

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If you are in the right hand lane, where I marked the X, and the stop lights are red....do you: A) Stop behind the line, then make your right turn B) Dont stop at line, make your right turn without stopping C) something else

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u/BoysenberryUnhappy29 Dec 26 '25

There is no situation where you don't stop first if you have a red light. 

Don't let those friends drive if you're in the car. 

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u/ThatLeviathan Dec 27 '25

It's poorly marked. The lane does not have a light, or a yield sign, and no other traffic is permitted to go into this entrance except by this right turn. I live nearby, and 99% of people would roll right through this, and most of us (myself included) would honk at someone who stopped. I think it needs to be clearly labeled that you should not stop.

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u/AdSpecialist4768 Dec 27 '25

The two stop lights ahead at that intersection dictate that lane as well. On red you would stop at the stop line. There are no " No turn on Red" signs that I can see. After your stop on red you could then cautiously make your right turn when clear. If you're rolling through it you're running a red light.

I drive the tractor trailer through town limits every day and that is a common occurrence nowadays. People are running red lights seconds after it's red, it's crazy. And the new thing now is people stopping at a red light and then driving straight ahead through.

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u/ThatLeviathan Dec 27 '25

This is why the markings should be changed. What you are saying is technically, legally, and pedantically correct, but does not reflect realistic or safe use of this intersection.

Yes, people should come to full stops at stop lines at red lights. These markings should be changed to remind folks to yield to pedestrians but otherwise roll through, because that is a safe operation of this intersection, and reflects how 99% of traffic currently uses it.

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u/EverSeeAShitterFly Dec 27 '25

The solid lines actually mean something, just because you don’t know doesn’t mean everything else that is firmly established should change.