Left hand turns on red lights

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it’s truly a left turn when the light is red, how could it be legal? Wouldn’t the cross traffic have a green light?

The only thing that makes sense is if the car enters the intersection before the light turns red, and gets caught. If it remains there, it may impede the cross traffic - or cars turning in front of it. cIn that case, the car would either have to go forward or backward to get out of the intersection. In these cases I think the safer move is to go forward if all is clear.

Yes, this is called clearing the intersection. Legal move.

I'm OP and that's not the scenario I described. It is a solid red light with two lanes. The cars have not entered the intersection but have fully stopped at the red light and then take a left hand U turn into oncoming traffic going in the opposite direction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of a legal left on red. -Maryland

Another terrible driver who doesn't know how to drive.

Good god people, you need driver's Ed.

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2022/transportation/title-21/subtitle-2/section-21-202/

) Unless a sign prohibiting a turn is in place, vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal, after stopping as required by subsection (h) of this section, cautiously may enter the intersection and make:

(1) A right turn; or

(2) A left turn from a one-way street onto a one-way street.


Reason #18385758291 why 95% of the people in the DMV shouldn't even be allowed to drive. They don't even know basic driving 101 and then think people obeying the law are the wrong ones,.lol.

As if they teach this obscure rule in drivers ed. Thanks for pointing this rule out but let’s not pretend you are such an awesome driver.

It’s not obscure. You didn’t pay attention or read the state driving manual. You’re just a terribly uninformed driver.

NP: +1 so many dense people. PP is specifically responding to THIS PERSON:
"
I have never heard of a legal left on red. -Maryland"

Not the case at hand.
Are we all clear?

ps. yes please all do some driver's ed

I’m “Maryland” and still say this is an obscure rule. I’m OK to admit that I didn’t know this doesn’t make me a terrible driver. In fact, I’m really struggling to think where this would be applicable because I can’t think of a single one way to one-way street where you can turn on a solid red light. Maybe there’s a street or two in Baltimore but I don’t drive Baltimore so I’ve never run into this issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of a legal left on red. -Maryland

Another terrible driver who doesn't know how to drive.

Good god people, you need driver's Ed.

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2022/transportation/title-21/subtitle-2/section-21-202/

) Unless a sign prohibiting a turn is in place, vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal, after stopping as required by subsection (h) of this section, cautiously may enter the intersection and make:

(1) A right turn; or

(2) A left turn from a one-way street onto a one-way street.


Reason #18385758291 why 95% of the people in the DMV shouldn't even be allowed to drive. They don't even know basic driving 101 and then think people obeying the law are the wrong ones,.lol.

As if they teach this obscure rule in drivers ed. Thanks for pointing this rule out but let’s not pretend you are such an awesome driver.

It’s not obscure. You didn’t pay attention or read the state driving manual. You’re just a terribly uninformed driver.

NP: +1 so many dense people. PP is specifically responding to THIS PERSON:
"
I have never heard of a legal left on red. -Maryland"

Not the case at hand.
Are we all clear?

ps. yes please all do some driver's ed

I’m “Maryland” and still say this is an obscure rule. I’m OK to admit that I didn’t know this doesn’t make me a terrible driver. In fact, I’m really struggling to think where this would be applicable because I can’t think of a single one way to one-way street where you can turn on a solid red light. Maybe there’s a street or two in Baltimore but I don’t drive Baltimore so I’ve never run into this issue.

NP but I worked for years at an office building in downtown Bethesda where the only way to get out of the garage was a light at a one way street that dumped onto another one way street (Montgomery Lane.) The green light was insanely short and the only way you could escape at 5:30 was if the people ahead of you knew that it’s OK to make a left on red from a one way to another one way as long as the traffic is clear. You’re not alone but more people should know this. And it absolutely comes in handy in Baltimore.