Who has the right of way and can turn first?
Both have green lights (none have the green arrow).
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I have always believed the blue car, but I am not confident bc one time in college a middle aged man displayed some epic road rage in this scenario where I would be the blue car (as in he got behind me flipping me off and flashing his flashlight (in daytime) at me to get my attention)
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If there's two lanes I would say both?
One lane I think blue car. -
I'm guessing here but because there are 2 lanes, they can both turn at the same time.
It would be diff if there was only one lane to turn into, in which case I think the blue car has the right of way.
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Absolutely blue car. If you are turning left and don't have a green arrow you always yield to oncoming traffic regardless of if they are going straight or turning right.
ETA: I didn't notice the two lanes. I guess they could go at the same time but if I was in the red car I would still yield until I saw which lane the blue car was heading for just to be safe.
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@runnerd: I think I'm confident that if you need to cross over incoming traffic, that you must yield.
Plus, these signs are great reminders. I don't think they are needed but obviously I think it's needed based on what I see.
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The person taking the right always has right of way. That is their lane of traffic. The red does not have right of way, they are crossing into blue's lane.
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"If drivers approaching from opposite directions reach an intersection at about the same time, a driver turning left must yield to approaching traffic going straight or turning right."
I'm assuming most states would have the same law. Google just went to NY first.
http://www.newyorksafetycouncil.com/articles/who-has-the-right-of-way.aspx
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100% blue car. The only time the red car would have the right away is if the blue car had a red light and the red car had a green arrow. I'm a transportation engineer and I've had to answer this question a lot.
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Blue car. The person taking the right. Only time the red car would ever have the right-of-way is if his green light was a green arrow.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: Thank you for answering. DH and I were wondering if this is a WA state thing.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: if the red carpet had a green arrow the blue car would likely have a red light, right?
I said red car would have the right of way, but I am a horrible driver
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Blue of course!
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Yes, if one of them had a green arrow, everyone else would be red. Or sometimes there two green arrows but both (opposite of each other) would turning be right or both would be turning left.
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Blue for sure! It really pisses me off when in this situation and the red car acts like its their right of way - way to create a dangerous situation!
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If both cars maintain their lane then they can both go but otherwise end should give to blue (as per the New Zealand road rules!)
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Regarding making turns going from one lane into two lanes. Here is California rules.
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/hdbk/turns -
What everyone else said: blue car making a right has ROW. The red car must yield to ALL traffic. Exactly why there are signs, as you've said, that say yield to oncoming traffic.
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Oh, this one instance where you must yield when turning right.
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Yes, blue car has right of way unless all lights are red and red car has a green arrow. In that case blue car could take a right on red after a complete stop, but red car would have right of way.
At least right on red in Massachusetts.
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@rachiecakes: yup, I was pulled over in high school for not making a complete stop before turning right.
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@bluestriped bee: my parents sent me to State Police driving school, it was hardcore haha
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Blue car definitely has the right of way. Red has to yield to oncoming traffic.
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Unequivocally the blue car.
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Blue car, for sure.
There's one bizarre intersection on my commute where both the red and blue cars have green arrows. I hate it. There are two lanes, so I know the blue car is supposed to take the right lane and the red car is supposed to take the left lane, but there's a short ramp and the lanes split into two separate overpasses going to different places, so it's always a mess with people trying to switch lanes (i.e. if the red car wanted to go over the right-lane overpass). I really don't know what the traffic engineers were thinking.
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Definitely blue.
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Definitely the blue car.
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Blue, but at least 50% of the drivers in my area either don't know this or don't care, so I'm always super careful when I'm in the blue car's position!
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Blue 100%. My one big takeaway from being a very fearful new driver is that left turns always yield.
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