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Started by CNGL-Leudimin, December 31, 2015, 07:24:31 PM

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CNGL-Leudimin

This post is brought from 2016 to your guys in 2015. I'm seeing things you won't believe, like time traveling, done with this post.

By the way, this was the first post of 2016 in my time zone. Last year you did better, the first post of 2015 came up six seconds after 6 p.m. ET/midnight CET!
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Quote from: noelbotevera on December 30, 2015, 12:34:46 PM
In PA...for some reason you can turn right on red, but not left?
I think you're mistaken.  PA does allow left on red when both intersecting roadways are one-way streets.  At least that's what I read it when I changed my driver's license from Massachusetts over to Pennsylvania 25 years ago.

To my knowledge, Connecticut, Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, and the cities of New York and Washington DC prohibit left turns on red. Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Oregon, and Washington allow left turns on red from one- and two-way streets into one-way streets, with Michigan, Oregon, and Washington allowing these turns to be made even on red arrows (Idaho prohibits turns on arrows; I'm not sure about Alaska). The rest allow left turns on red but it must be from a one-way street into another one-way street.
NJ does not allow any kind of left turn on red

You're right! I edited my original post. The appropriate law (NJSA 39:4-115, "Making right or left turn") looks like it was amended in 2009. It allows right turns on red, but makes absolutely no mention of left turns on red. I wonder if the maneuver was allowed previously and just changed recently. A few websites reference a 2003 pamphlet issued by AAA that list the states that prohibit the turn on red, and New Jersey isn't listed on it, which leads me to believe the law changed sometime after the pamphlet was issued. Anyone have more knowledge on this?

NJ has never allowed Left Turns on Red.  NJ has always allowed Right Turns on Red (well, ever since the national rules were changed permitting it).   What websites are you looking at regarding AAA?

Quote from: PHLBOS on December 31, 2015, 02:34:24 PM
Quote from: bzakharin on December 31, 2015, 09:23:25 AMNJ does not allow any kind of left turn on red.
Given that many left turn movements in NJ are handled via right-turn jughandles; I'm not surprised.

In most states, left turns on red are permitted from one-way roads to one-way roads, which are commonly found in urban and city-gridded areas.  There wouldn't be any reason to have a jughandle at such an intersection.  And the overwhelming majority of intersections allow left turns.  Jughandles are mostly found on roadways with some sort of medians, which while those roads carry a fair amount of traffic, really doesn't account for a large percentage of intersections.

Quote from: Brian556 on December 31, 2015, 03:16:01 PM
School busses, busses, hazmat loads must stop at all railroad crossings, even if they are signalized. Stupidest law ever, causes way more accidents than it prevents.

That's a national rule.  How many accidents has it caused?

Quote from: US 41 on December 31, 2015, 02:18:47 PM
In Indiana if someone rams their car into me I can get my car fixed at no cost to me because the other driver's insurance pays. If they don't have car insurance I just simply sue them.

Well, suing anyone for anything is simple.  But usually lawsuits take months to resolve.  And it doesn't mean the other party is just going to hand over the money if found guilty.  Many times, they don't have the means to pay, or can only pay very little per month.  If you're facing a $6,000 repair bill, the other party paying $25 a month isn't going to help you out very much.
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Winnipeg's in Central, so at 6:00 AM GMT, it will be 2016. Hope everyone has a happy 2016. May your lives be filled with road signs and trips, or whatever else you do.

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Quote from: noelbotevera on December 31, 2015, 09:52:28 PM
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pumpkineater2

Exactly one hour left of 2015 for me!
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Happy new year to all, 1.5 hours late (I am at work and as predicted everyone lost their minds at midnight, but that's life in the public safety sector).
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