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Old May 19, 2015 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Saw this last weekend up in the 'burbs:

Maybe I'm naive, but this seems like the sort of concept for which a discrete sign ought not to be necessary.
C'mon - it's Newburgh. People need reminders when they fear for their lives.
Old May 19, 2015 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Saw this last weekend up in the 'burbs:

[IMG]https://www.miataturbo.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=140047&stc=1&d=1432049 227[IMG]

Maybe I'm naive, but this seems like the sort of concept for which a discrete sign ought not to be necessary.
Is it for turning on red? We can turn on red here, not sure about New York.
But our signs:
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Old May 19, 2015 | 02:11 PM
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For Mom:


The Ms look like chicks in doggy style.
Old May 19, 2015 | 02:40 PM
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^^ can't slip anything past you.
Old May 19, 2015 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Erat
Is it for turning on red? We can turn on red here, not sure about New York.
Right turns on red are prohibited in New York City, except in a few specific locations where this sign exists:





New York State, by comparison, follows the rest of the country and generally permits right turns on red unless otherwise indicated. And when so prohibited, this is indicated either with a "No Turn On Red" sign similar to the one you posted, or a red arrow indication on the stoplight.

Which is why that sign seems so damned odd to me.







Originally Posted by xturner
C'mon - it's Newburgh. People need reminders when they fear for their lives.
Ok, seriously- how the hell did you know that I took that photo in Newburgh?













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Old May 19, 2015 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Erat
Is it for turning on red? We can turn on red here, not sure about New York.
But our signs:
We had those where I grew up, and I think it is when the opposing lanes have a green arrow. That way you don't move into the intersection at the first sign of movement in your peripheral vision. still a silly sign.
Old May 19, 2015 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Ok, seriously- how the hell did you know that I took that photo in Newburgh?
EVERYBODY knows Franks Pizza
Old May 19, 2015 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Right turns on red are prohibited in New York City, except in a few specific locations where this sign exists:

[IMG]https://www.miataturbo.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=140066&dateline=143206 1631[IMG]



New York State, by comparison, follows the rest of the country and generally permits right turns on red unless otherwise indicated. And when so prohibited, this is indicated either with a "No Turn On Red" sign similar to the one you posted, or a red arrow indication on the stoplight.

Which is why that sign seems so damned odd to me.


Ok, seriously- how the hell did you know that I took that photo in Newburgh?
(pictures of the nice parts of Detroit)
Can NY / the rest of the country turn right on red? Specifically where there aren't boulevard turns.



In the places we don't have these ^ we just have the flashing red light "left turn lane"; Make your turn when traffic is cleared.
Old May 19, 2015 | 04:59 PM
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We have flashing yellow arrows here, with no signs explaining WTF to do.

I've started seeing them in the developing suburbs near KC, they get signs.



Yield on green is too hard for people to comprehend?
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Old May 19, 2015 | 05:08 PM
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I'm assuming because if it's green people will be charging out into oncoming traffic thinking that green means all clear. When they have to yield to oncoming traffic.

It's better than having to sit and wait for your turn once every 3 "turns". That's lame.
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Yeah, they still don't trust people to not pull out in front of people with the flashing yellow at all the corners that really need it though, or they should at lest let them flash yellow after 8PM or so.

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Old May 19, 2015 | 07:49 PM
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The fact that these signs exist clearly means that the drivers license test needs to be made harder...much harder.
Old May 19, 2015 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Erat
Can NY / the rest of the country turn right on red? Specifically where there aren't boulevard turns.
In the vast majority of the US, it's permissible to make a right turn against a red light under all conditions, and a left turn against a red light if turning from a one-way street onto another one-way street.


Your Michigan-left is about as perverse and strange as the Jersey-left (aka jughandle) which, fortunately, is being phased out in new construction.

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Old May 19, 2015 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by olderguy
EVERYBODY knows Franks Pizza
ROFL. Props for that reply.

My wife's old boss used to live not too far from there - we went down Plank on the way from 84. I had to make an emergency parts run to Schmidt's in downtown Newburgh when our UV system **** the bed last spring, drove through that area just to look around again before heading home.
Old May 19, 2015 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
In the vast majority of the US, it's permissible to make a right turn against a red light under all conditions, and a left turn against a red light if turning from a one-way street onto another one-way street.


Your Michigan-left is about as perverse and strange as the Jersey-left (aka jughandle) which, fortunately, is being phased out in new construction.
Did NYC change the law to make right-on-red legal? It used to be illegal - there was even a local nickname for getting clipped by out-of-staters, something like a "Jersey Kneecapping."
Old May 19, 2015 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by xturner
Did NYC change the law to make right-on-red legal? It used to be illegal - there was even a local nickname for getting clipped by out-of-staters, something like a "Jersey Kneecapping."
It is still illegal except in a few specific intersections where there is a sign specifically noting that it is permitted after coming to a full stop.


Actual, un-retouched photo of New Jersey:

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Old May 19, 2015 | 10:27 PM
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Old May 19, 2015 | 10:51 PM
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Since I'm on my phone and don't want to zoom all around reading the discussion on 'right on red' - I think of a lot of such intersections have either pedestrian right-of-way in mind or bad blind spots for traffic on one-way streets in mind.....at least that's been my physical observations at such intersections.
Old May 20, 2015 | 07:47 AM
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Old May 20, 2015 | 09:00 AM
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