<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">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.<br><br>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?<br><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_turn_on_red<br><br>Eric<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: John Eldon <j.eldon@sbcglobal.net><br>To: Jon Perkins <admin7@cox.net>; SDCBC@bikesandiego.org; Gene Carman <gcarman@san.rr.com><br>Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 9:08:32 AM<br>Subject: Re: [SDCBC] Why you should
look both ways.................<br><br>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; -x-system-font: none;" valign="top">I have two recommendations to make walking (and occasionally cycling, such as in this mis-engineered case) safer: 1) permit right turn on red from the curb lane only, never from additional right turn only or right turn optional lanes; 2) deploy more red right arrows.<br><br>John E.<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 7/2/08, Gene Carman <i><gcarman@san.rr.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div id="yiv156076790">
Consider this, there is never a safe controlled time that a cyclist can
leave the 56 bike path at those intersections to cross the street to the
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