Who has right of way?

[Anonymous]

Car making a right on red has no idea that you are going to be making a U-turn till you are actually in the lane they are planning to turn into.

My advice: make the U cautiously and don’t gun it. If there are multiple lanes, it goes without saying that you need to make a U-turn into the left lane, not into the rightmost lane.

[Anonymous]

People driving in/out of schools are just entitled jerks.

The street I live on is opposite the entrance to an elementary school. Both my street and the ES have a stop sign, but the road we are both turning on to does not. So when I leave, I'm facing the entrance/exit of the school. We both have stop signs. It should be 1 of them goes, then 1 from our side goes, then one of them, etc. (We are mostly all turning the same way, with few exceptions.) But they act like they have a green light and anyone coming from my street is in their way. But I don't care I just go. "I'm older and I have more insurance."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Car making a right on red has no idea that you are going to be making a U-turn till you are actually in the lane they are planning to turn into.

My advice: make the U cautiously and don’t gun it. If there are multiple lanes, it goes without saying that you need to make a U-turn into the left lane, not into the rightmost lane.

I do go cautiously but its maybe 20 feet. If someone taps their breaks and takes a right without looking to see it becomes a problem. There are only two lanes. You cannot make a u-turn into the most left lane- that would require swinging into the next lane as you go to turn in order to get the tires in the right space.

Ive never understood why the turn indicator on a car doesnt feature a u-turn signal.

[Anonymous]

Is it because you are making the U turn on a road with two lanes going in each direction but you are crossing over into the outer lane due to a tight turning circle? No idea if it’s legal (ie crossing into the outer lane.

[Anonymous]

The car with the red light must yield. Always. No question.

The red light car can't be expected to know if the U-turning vehicle is doing it illegally or not. The point is the red light car must yield to all vehicles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Person with the green light. But more importantly, you have to realize this is a dangerous situation and you have to act as though the other car is going to be stupid so you can avoid an accident.

This describes nearly every moment of driving these days.

[Anonymous]

This was asked a few months ago.

OP, are you asking about Route 1 and 235 in Fairfax County?

That intersection is such a s hitshow for so many reasons.

[Anonymous]

Any vehicle making a left turn always yields to other traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it because you are making the U turn on a road with two lanes going in each direction but you are crossing over into the outer lane due to a tight turning circle? No idea if it’s legal (ie crossing into the outer lane.

I wondered this, too. You should check local laws, as I think this can vary.

That said, even if the person U-turning technically has the right of way, there's no way for the person making the right turn to know that's what you are going to do, so you need to proceed with extreme caution.

[Anonymous]

The person w/the green light definitely has the right-of-way.

Even if a red light is okay to turn - the driver w/the red light can only turn after yielding first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People driving in/out of schools are just entitled jerks.

The street I live on is opposite the entrance to an elementary school. Both my street and the ES have a stop sign, but the road we are both turning on to does not. So when I leave, I'm facing the entrance/exit of the school. We both have stop signs. It should be 1 of them goes, then 1 from our side goes, then one of them, etc. (We are mostly all turning the same way, with few exceptions.) But they act like they have a green light and anyone coming from my street is in their way. But I don't care I just go. "I'm older and I have more insurance."

Shout out to Kathy Bates and Fried Green Tomatoes. Love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any vehicle making a left turn always yields to other traffic.

Not on a green arrow.

[Anonymous]

What if they both have a green light? Like at Old Georgetown at Democracy near Wildwood? There is a green light for left turns going north on OGR and a green arrow for making right turn going east on Democracy.

[Anonymous]

Unless the signage says something different (like no u turn or yeield to u turn) the u turn has the right of way. Many intersections say no u turn for a reason and people ignore it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if they both have a green light? Like at Old Georgetown at Democracy near Wildwood? There is a green light for left turns going north on OGR and a green arrow for making right turn going east on Democracy.

I've written about these intersections. I think the county needs to put up a no u turn sign.