Left turn - proceed into intersection or not?
I was reading the other thread about the guy asking if he was guilty for making that turn on red. Got me to wondering about traffic laws in jurisdictions other then where I live. Specifically: - wh...
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joebedford wrote:
In southern USA I have seen many instances where a driver in front of me won't go into the intersection until he can make the turn. Is that the rule in the south or is it just ignorance of the drivers?
I've seen that behavior in Ft. Myers. At intersections so huge they could hold 3 to 4 cars waiting to turn left. The car waiting at the stop bar usually has Florida tags, so it must be the law there.
They make up for it by the next 2 or 3 cars turning left on a fully red light.
It's not the only "independent" attitude I've observed in Florida traffic. Never a signal to change lanes, leapfrogging thru traffic to gain one car length. No "go with the flow of traffic" attitude. What I consider aggressive driving. I have to remind myself it isn't personal, it's just how traffic moves there.
It's not as bazar to me as traffic in Detroit where the "assured clear distance" takes second place to "failure to stop".
We were in a car lot trying to turn right into busy traffic on the huge Livernois Ave. We had 3 drivers and none of us could do it. The car salesman said, "Just pull out, they'll stop." It looked like suicide to us. He finally had to have his daughter drive us off of the lot.
