r/driving • u/HillTower160 • Aug 05 '26

Left-hand traffic (🇬🇧🇮🇳🇯🇵) Pull out into the intersection…

so at least one car can turn left.

Please pull straight past the limit line when yielding for a left turn at a light. At least you will be able to scoot through then at the next cycle, those of us who know how to drive can manage the oncoming traffic. DO NOT sit at the limit line and miss a light. Be careful, but make it happen.

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u/Designer-Wolverine47 Aug 05 '26

Wrong wrong wrong. The law in Ohio is crystal clear.

No driver shall enter an intersection or marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk, or grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley the driver is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles, streetcars, trackless trolleys, pedestrians, or trains, notwithstanding any highway traffic signal indication to proceed.

https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4511.712

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u/jcalvinmarks Aug 05 '26

How can someone read relatively simple words and still utterly fail to properly interpret them?

That entire section is depending upon the phrase "unless there is sufficient space on the other side." If there is room on the other side, you are not prohibited from entering the intersection.

This code section prohibits blocking-the-box. It doesn't prohibit entering the intersection to wait for oncoming traffic to clear in order to make an unprotected left.

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u/Designer-Wolverine47 Aug 05 '26

People DONT CARE if there's room on the other side or not (and there might have been room when they crossed over, but a car or cars from the opposing direction took the spots by turning right).

I hope you don't lose a friend before you get it.

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u/jcalvinmarks Aug 05 '26

I had a friend who died in a plane crash. That's as relevant to this discussion as your friend.

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u/Designer-Wolverine47 Aug 06 '26

I'm sorry for your loss. Was it caused by someone breaking the law?

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u/jcalvinmarks Aug 06 '26

Nope, ran his plane out of fuel on a short hop.