Get rid of foreign drivers who can’t read signs and drive like they did in their former countries and the problem goes away.
“Vision Zero” — eliminate all pedestrian deaths
“Net Zero” — eliminate carbon emissions
Right turn on red was pushed for years as a way to save fuel, then it morphed into a way to reduce carbon emissions, the most sacrosanct thing to libs.
Who wins? A few pesky pedestrians killed at intersections? Or greeniacs in their never-ending quest to end “global warming,” er, “climate change”?
Do this...take a drive around Memphis and count how many vehicles on the roads have impact damage. I am not joking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_on_red
Pro tip: don’t walk in front of a vehicle about to make a right turn if the driver is looking the other way.
Cops ticketing folks that don’t come to a full stop before turning would cut down on pedestrians getting hit, and would provide a financial windfall to the city.
The problem is that too many people forget that right turn on red still has to yield to traffic that had the green light. They also forget it’s right turn on red AFTER stopping.
The mayor of Nashville is a Mamdani wannabe.
Nashville is overcrowded, overtaxed, and overregulated.
It was once a good city.
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I am a conservative and I support banning right turn on red. Because it has become abused with people not stopping at all before turning right and that is the hazzard.
I also support the goals of Vision Zero. Throw me out of the group if you don’t like it.
I am very involved in pedestrian and bicycle safety issues here in Portland Maine. We have had a committee that advocates on these issues. The committee looks at the issues with a mostly sceintific outlook before deciding to support or oppose an issue.
Musical Interlude:
Nashville Cats (1967) (Luvin’ Spoonfull)
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There’s thirteen hundred and fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrvFx9-qTHI
Some European visitors for the World Cup were really confused about signs that read, “No Turn On Red”. Apparently, they don’t allow right turns on red over there ever.
I was once sitting at a red light where almost all people turn right but I was going straight through the intersection. The guy behind me gave short “toot-toot” on his horn. I didn’t move because the light was still red. Then he gave a longer “toooooooot-tooooooot” and motioned with his hand for me to turn right. I still didn’t move because the light was still red and I rolled down my window and pointed up at the light. THAT really ticked him off. He stood on the horn and was waving his arms around like a crazy man motioning for me to go on to the right. After the light turned green, I went straight through the intersection. I don’t know what the guy did, but he didn’t catch up to me and apologize.
My experience in Phoenix is that there is a certain percentage who ignore “No Right Turn on Red” signs. The is an off ramp on Priest Dr off Route 60 here that has poor visibility of cars coming out of the underpass, but cars make the right turn on red. Crashes do happen there at times. Not as bas at at 40th Street and Baseline Road, where “Go Straight on Red” is observed by some drivers if it turned red less than 6 seconds earlier. Both my wife and I were honked at for NOT going through a fresh red light, which means the car behind intended to go through too.
Both of my uber drivers in Nashville were from California.
right-on-red was mandated by Federal legislation in 1975 as a requirement to receive certain Federal funds ... only exceptions are for banning it at specific intersections for safety purposes ...
The jerks that think people riding on bicycles have some right to be on the road are the ones pushing the hardest to end right turns on red, for obvious reasons.
well, the laws of physics prove that if this situation was to be left alone, the number of deaths would decrease on their own!! just sayin...
This is why I try to avoid driving or riding anyplace where stoplights exist. Unfortunately, despite a garden, critters, and a plethora of farmers markets, you still have to drive to the big city for bourbon or wine or a nice piece of salmon.