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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get honked at more that I honk.

[b]Yesterday I got honked at for not turning right on red in a situation where I thought it not yet safe to turn. [/b]

I don't honk much, so it's probably been a few months. I probably tapped the horn on somebody snoozing through the turn arrow on to Connecticut Avenue.[/quote]

Why did you deem it not safe to turn? [b]What makes you think a green light would suddenly make it safer? [/b]

There are genuine cases when it's not safe to turn right on red, but way too many people rely on the light to make it seem safe. Look around, pull forward a little, and you should know point blank whether it's safe or not to go whether red or green (provided there isn't a "no turn on red" sign, without the "when pedestrians are present" addition).[/quote]

You certainly cannot be this stupid?[/quote]

I’m not, but apparently you’re a naive rule follower who doesn’t understand that safe driving means relying on your eyes and other senses, and not what color the light is.

I’m baffled that you think turning right on red is unequivocally safer than turning green. That’s kind of frightening.
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I am willing to bet that someone who uses caution and judgement before turning on red does not also blindly go when the light turns green, both of which are appropriate driving behavior. If you hit the gas the second the light turns green without scanning to make sure there aren’t stray pedestrians cars in the intersection then you are a bad driver. [/quote]

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