Yielding to right-turning cars when turning left

[Anonymous]

I've tried googling this but haven't found an answer. Growing up in Virginia, I was taught to always yield to right-turning cars when turning left. However now that I live in Maryland, I see left turning cars just plow through regardless of how many cars are trying to turn right coming from the opposite direction. What's going on - just terrible selfish drivers or is this not a rule in Maryland?

[Anonymous]

Left turners are supposed to yield. They're just bad drivers.

[Anonymous]

I'm in VA and wonder this all the time too. There's a light where I need to turn left, but I do not have a left turn signal. I can't ever make it through the light because of all the right turning cars. People just all start honking and it's a mess. I feel like the left turners should have priority because you can make right turns on red lights, but the left turners have to wait for a green light.

What's going on? Sh!t drivers and no education whatsoever. If you come from another place, we automatically just give you a drivers license. Seems there should be a test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Left turners are supposed to yield. They're just bad drivers.

+1, from a safety standpoint of course you yield to the right turning car (and pedestrians in the cross walk). Some drivers are malignant idiots and don't care though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in VA and wonder this all the time too. There's a light where I need to turn left, but I do not have a left turn signal. I can't ever make it through the light because of all the right turning cars. People just all start honking and it's a mess. I feel like the left turners should have priority because you can make right turns on red lights, but the left turners have to wait for a green light.

What's going on? Sh!t drivers and no education whatsoever. If you come from another place, we automatically just give you a drivers license. Seems there should be a test.

I also think a lot of these intersections need to have separate green lights for each side to avoid this issue. There overall seems to be less traffic light timing/coordination going on in this area.

[Anonymous]

If both sides have green lights, the right-turners have the right of way. However if the left-turners have a green arrow and the right-turner is turning right on red, then the left-turner has the right of way.

[Anonymous]

You yield to the right-turning cars, of course. Not sure if they don't know (I guess you didn't either) or just don't care. It is super annoying though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If both sides have green lights, the right-turners have the right of way. However if the left-turners have a green arrow and the right-turner is turning right on red, then the left-turner has the right of way.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You yield to the right-turning cars, of course. Not sure if they don't know (I guess you didn't either) or just don't care. It is super annoying though.

OP here: Yes, I did know this - that's my entire point. It seems that there are many people around me on the roads who don't know this or don't care which made me second guess myself.

[Anonymous]

If there are multiple lanes both can turn because each car only needs one lane for turning.

Unless you suck and need three lanes to make a right turn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there are multiple lanes both can turn because each car only needs one lane for turning.

Unless you suck and need three lanes to make a right turn.

This. Stick to your lane and you can both go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If both sides have green lights, the right-turners have the right of way. However if the left-turners have a green arrow and the right-turner is turning right on red, then the left-turner has the right of way.

This. If the right turners are “turning on red” even if no arrow for left turners, then they need to yield to left turners.

[Anonymous]

If it’s green light for both: left turners yield.

Red light for right turners, green light for left turners: right turners yield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there are multiple lanes both can turn because each car only needs one lane for turning.

Unless you suck and need three lanes to make a right turn.

This. Stick to your lane and you can both go.

Ugh, I hate this. Sometimes I’m making a right into the left lane because I need to be in that lane to make an immediate turn. I shouldn’t have to turn into the right lane and fight my way over to the left lane because some jerk making a left couldn’t wait their turn.

Some of you are just terrible, selfish drivers.

[Anonymous]

People have just turned into arseholds. Yesterday, a guy didn’t wait his turn at a 4 way stop. Just followed the car in front of him. Sunday, I saw a guy drive on the wrong side of the road to pass a car, left turners just go when people are turning right. People steal from cvs because they think no one gets hurt. It’s sad.