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Old 08-19-2008, 04:37 PM
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Default Re: Right Turn on Red

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Originally Posted by mmm View Post
along those lines i love it when a motorist blocks traffic trying to turn left even though there's a designated turning lane.
I've never been able to figure this one out. Or more commonly (at least where I drive), they slow down almost to a complete stop before they finally commit to getting into the turn lane, forcing everyone behind them to come to a near-complete stop as well. Maybe someone can enlighten me as to the reason for this practice? Maybe they teach driver's ed differently here?

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or how about this... let's say that a business is on the corner of an intersection. the motorist trying to go there goes past the intersection and immediately tries to turn left into its parking lot thus blocking traffic... but all they needed to do was make a protected left at the intersection and then a quick right.

-M
Definitely has got to be a lack of common sense about the best way to proceed, here. It's a whole lot easier to get into the parking lot the way you describe, too.
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