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08-04-2007, 09:28 PM
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Take a left on red from Lumpkin to Washington for me!
Woo hoo, Athens, Georgia!
(But Athens makes up for this potential left-on-red fun by banning rights on red at other random intersections. I'm pretty sure you can't go right on red at Baldwin and Lumpkin, right? I know I got a pretty pricey ticket and got pulled over into what used to be the health center (but is now the Romance Language department, I think) while I was there. It was kind of embarrassing for a lot of reasons.)
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08-04-2007, 10:03 PM
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Logic has nothing to do with it.
What does the law in your state say?
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08-04-2007, 11:06 PM
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Are you really that stupid?
Answer to your post is no, right turn on red only after stop!
If I was in my Police car and saw you do that, well, a ticket! 
You Obey the lights.
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08-04-2007, 11:08 PM
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Usaually U-Turns will follow along the same lines!
They are dangerous and can get you and others killed! 
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08-04-2007, 11:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Earp
Are you really that stupid?
Answer to your post is no, right turn on red only after stop!
If I was in my Police car and saw you do that, well, a ticket!
You Obey the lights. |
Tom Earp, did YOU just call me stupid?
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08-04-2007, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by minDyG
Tom Earp, did YOU just call me stupid?
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I believe he did. And yet he claims that other people are so rude.
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08-05-2007, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by minDyG
Tom Earp, did YOU just call me stupid?
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LOL.
The correct answer to this is, "Pot, this is my friend Kettle...what color are you today?"
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08-05-2007, 01:15 PM
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LOL.
The correct answer to this is, "Pot, this is my friend Kettle...what color are you today?"
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Well that would feel like I was admitting to being stupid myself in the first place.
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08-05-2007, 01:20 PM
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Well that would feel like I was admitting to being stupid myself in the first place. |
Meh, it's Earp anyway. Half the people here have him on ignore and the other 49% don't pay any attention to his drunk rants anyway.
I did find it literally LOL funny that he would think to call someone stupid. I know it's just a persona that he puts on here to make everyone feel sorry for his pathtic ass, but you can't play the duel role of the town drunk and the villiage idiot and expect anyone to respect anything you say/do.
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08-05-2007, 02:40 PM
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In WI, as far as I know, you cannot make U-turns at controlled intersections.
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08-05-2007, 11:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Earp
Are you really that stupid?
Answer to your post is no, right turn on red only after stop!
If I was in my Police car and saw you do that, well, a ticket!
You Obey the lights. |
You're in Missouri, Tom. She's in Georgia. Traffic laws vary from state to state, especially with regard to u-turns, right-on-red, left-on-red and similar laws.
minDyG, the Georgia Driver's Manual (p. 40) specifically mentions right-on-red and left-on-red, but says nothing about u-turns-on-red. With regard to left-on-red, it specifically conditions that right as follows: "from the left lane of a one way street only onto a one way street on which the traffic moves toward the driver’s left." A u-turn is not a left turn, nor are you turning onto a one-way street that moves to your left, so it would not seem to satisfy this condition.
The only mention of u-turns in the book (p. 44) says "Do not make a U-turn where signs prohibit doing so." Arguably, a red light is a sign or signal prohibiting any movement, except for right- or left- turns as allowed.
I would assume it's not legal unless something can be found specifically saying that it is.
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08-05-2007, 12:00 PM
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Isn't the only move legal at a red light is a right hand turn unless otherwise noted?
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08-05-2007, 12:14 PM
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No, I am in Kansas! 
I guess you could do a U-Turn if not caught or T-Boned! 
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08-05-2007, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee
In Michigan, it's only legal if there is a meridian that is at least 60 feet wide, so a cement barrier alone probably wouldn't let it qualify. You would still have to stop at the red first, then proceed if traffic is clear.
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
You're in Missouri, Tom. She's in Georgia. Traffic laws vary from state to state, especially with regard to u-turns, right-on-red, left-on-red and similar laws.
minDyG, the Georgia Driver's Manual (p. 40) specifically mentions right-on-red and left-on-red, but says nothing about u-turns-on-red. With regard to left-on-red, it specifically conditions that right as follows: "from the left lane of a one way street only onto a one way street on which the traffic moves toward the driver’s left." A u-turn is not a left turn, nor are you turning onto a one-way street that moves to your left, so it would not seem to satisfy this condition.
The only mention of u-turns in the book (p. 44) says "Do not make a U-turn where signs prohibit doing so." Arguably, a red light is a sign or signal prohibiting any movement, except for right- or left- turns as allowed.
I would assume it's not legal unless something can be found specifically saying that it is. |
Thanks. These two responses are pretty much the kinds of feedback I'm looking for...everyone who is just repeating the fact that you can't go at a red-light is a bit redundant.
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08-05-2007, 02:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smiley21
Isn't the only move legal at a red light is a right hand turn unless otherwise noted?
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It depends on the state.
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No, I am in Kansas! |
Sorry. Thought you were on the Missouri side.
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