[SDCBC] Why you should look both ways.................

[markw]

I like to turn right on red, after _STOPPING_ and checking traffic.  The 
problem is the drivers, not the traffic laws.  I about got nailed this 
morning in my car, in the LEFT lane by a gal who blew the stoplight and 
made a right turn into my lane.  She broke the law by not stopping.  The 
last thing we need are more laws.  It's amazing at how many people blow 
through red lights to make right turns.  No amount of traffic control 
laws are going to make an unsafe driver safe.  Example is this new 
glorious hands free law, the same drivers that'd run over you while on 
the phone will still run over you on the phone, except they'll have both 
hands on the wheel when they do it.  You can't outlaw stupid, and that's 
what our legislators are trying to do.

Mark

Eric Converse wrote:
> Why not make right turns on red illegal?  They are in all of the European Union (unless stated otherwise on a sign) and in Montreal.
> 
> Or, why not a full stop in every direction (especially, where there is a high density of ped/cycle traffic like near the 56 path).  Can't this be done?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_turn_on_red
> 
> Eric