Traffic Law

[SlugSlinger]

This is an intersection that I don’t quite understand.

Top is north.

Driving north bound, there is a yield on green sign when turning left at the light. That makes sense.

South bound, there is also a yield on green sign when turning right while in the divided right turn lane.

People from both directions seem to think they have the right of way and those folks turning left will play chicken with those turning right.

A coworker had a wreck at the intersection. He was turning left, while a speeding vehicle was turning right. They both went through a yellow light.

Both got tickets for failure to yield. And the other driver got a speeding ticket. OHP stated both drivers were at fault.

Can anyone explain why there is a yield on green for the right turning lane?

 

[Aku]

Will there be a trolly going through at some point? And, I'm guessing that is Portland Ave? Where is this?

 

[trekrok]

There's a light for the right turns?

 

[Okie4570]

Looks like because those that turn left from both north and south have an inside lane to turn into, and those that are turning right have a lane to turn into. Right turn folks are trying to turn into the outside lane or the left hand folks are trying to turn into the inside lane maybe?

 

[SlugSlinger]

Will there be a trolly going through at some point? And, I'm guessing that is Portland Ave? Where is this?

36°13'58.2"N 95°45'32.6"W

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[Firpo]

I believe on the north/south street northbound drivers turning left (west) are supposed to yield to ALL southbound traffic including people turning right (west). In regards to the east/west street drivers making that right (west) from the north/south street are supposed to yield to westbound traffic coming from the east when those drivers have the green. If there is no green light for the westbound traffic then right lane turners have the right of way and do not yield. Now if the left turners have a green arrow signal light then they would have the right of way.

 

[turkeyrun]

How I see it, may or may no be, but


RIGHT - OF - WAY

Driver to the LEFT yeilds to RIGHT

Driver turning left has a Driver turning right (on his right) Left must yield.

The other factor is as stated above. Turning into correct lane. Turning left must turn into inside lane. Lawton PD has gotten strict on enforcement of this.
Turning right must turn into curb side lane. When done correctly, yielding and right - of - way are not an issue.

The problem is entitled asshats don't know how to drive and feel too important to have to wait.

 

[SoonerP226]

Can anyone explain why there is a yield on green for the right turning lane?

The simplest explanation is that the driver turning right from the northbound street is merging into the eastbound traffic, and the driver who’s merging into traffic always has to yield.

If I were to guess, the guy turning left probably got a failure to yield ticket because he could’ve avoided the collision by yielding, but didn’t (the “last chance of avoidance” principle).

 

[SoonerP226]

Driver to the LEFT yeilds to RIGHT

Maybe in Britain, but in the US, it’s almost always the driver on the right who is required to yield when traffic is converging.

Basically, the two yield requirements are independent of each other; the left turn yield is dependent on the north-south traffic, and the right turn yield is dependent on the east-west traffic. The driver turning left from the southbound street is effectively eastbound traffic when the merge happens, so the northbound-to-eastbound right-turn driver is required to yield.

If you offset the intersections, it becomes easier to understand. Instead of making the intersection a crossroad, move the southbound lanes west by 500 feet, so the northbound and southbound lanes make two independent T intersections with the east/west road. Now you can see how the person who makes the left turn from the southbound road is part of the eastbound traffic when he gets to the northbound intersection, and you can see why the person making the right turn from the northbound lane has a yield requirement.

 

[turkeyrun]

Or cop decided to let Judge sort it out, because there wasn't a dog to shoot and he didn't know law.