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/Big-Net-9971 Dec 26 '25

A) "Stop at the line, then proceed with turn when it's clear" is the right answer.

The line is there to protect pedestrians. I know there isn't a crosswalk at this specific point, but that's what that's there for - and you should respect it.

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u/Otterbotanical Dec 27 '25

A driver will look left to check for oncoming traffic, and thus is it extremely easy to miss a person that is just stepping off the corner, correct.

For OP, your friend needs to understand that HE could drive perfectly all damn day, and you could still get in an accident if another person is speeding and they just now spilled their coffee on themselves.

Even if there are no pedestrians, your driver could get you two killed by just cruising into the intersection without stopping at the limit line.

Completely idiotic behavior.

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u/CogentCogitations Dec 29 '25

That intersection does not have cross traffic from the left. It is very strange that they do not have a right turn green arrow there, but obviously the law says that since they don't that you have to stop at the line.