Left Turn on Green Light: Why We Yield to Oncoming Traffic That's Turning Right

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video we discuss right-of-way when turning left at a green light. We cover why it's important to yield to the oncoming traffic that's turning right even if there are two separate lanes on the road that you'll be turning into.
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@alpzepta 2 жыл бұрын

The way America set up the light for turning left is very dangerous and create potential for car crash. Why can’t every intersection use arrow light for turning left? Yeah I will use a route that use left turn as least as possible

@JesusisLORD77778 Жыл бұрын

Trips with more right turns usually end up faster. Right turns are definitely safer.

@ayusharora8141 2 жыл бұрын

The person shouldn't have tried to even move on the yellow light. Obviously, in the next 5 seconds, it would be red. Yellow sign movement should only happen if have to protect themselves/ others from hazards from a car behind coming in speed. Overall, great video. Thanks !!

@amangalwatti211 Ай бұрын

Another Good video...bravo

@cosmoflower77 Жыл бұрын

Question: you shoulder checked before entering the left turning lane to ensure no one was wanting to enter the turning lane from behind you? I know checking shoulders and blind spots are essential when you make major moves.... isnt it rude if the person behind you tries to enter the left lane first, before the vehicle in front of them? Someone tried to do that to me and it was scary, yet also rude and I wasnt happy about it.

@karenharris3183 2 жыл бұрын

I also was confused of which lane . So I gone into the wrong lane. I had a teacher and siblings to teach but they did not. It hard to put what you read into practice so seeing it done matters,

@statusworldchanger595 3 ай бұрын

Same in Ontario that if a driver is turning right, they are to turn to that 'available right lane because any driver that turns right, & overlaps the available lane, is declared a dangerous driver!

@sergioaguilera135 2 жыл бұрын

circular green lights should be protected, otherwise just put a flashing yellow instead I do think intersections are confusing too, having your traffic light a mile away does not help

@jayasmrmore3687 2 ай бұрын

Why would they be protected? We have the green arrow for that.

@jayasmrmore3687 2 ай бұрын

Circular green means going straight is protected it doesn’t mean turning left is protected

@Chandler890 Ай бұрын

If there are 2 car turning right, do we wait for both to go before proceeding, or 1 go then our turn because we arrived first

@jenniferhill2123 5 ай бұрын

Yellow suppose to mean stop unless its unsafe to do so.

@luchang2148 10 ай бұрын

I knew I was not in the wrong. I was turning right on a green, noticed in the opposite lane, a car was waiting for me to pass, (his green, i also had my turn signal) the second I began to turn a car went around the waiting car and turned into my lane. It was already too late for me to stop and forced him or her to stop. They honk at me, lol. I was just thinking, there is no way I was wrong about this. Sometimes, I do hate driving...

@theparadigm8149 8 ай бұрын

Wait, so that driver that honked went around a car and then almost hit yours?! That’s insane! 😳 I figured he would’ve learned the conduct after seeing two cars do it properly!

@jellybean8773 5 ай бұрын

Is this also true in the US? I’ve been driving for a couple years now but i find intersections still confusing at times…it’s embarrassing but i honestly didn’t know about this rule so tend to yield to the other cars waiting to turn left when i need to turn right unless i arrive first 😖

@CLAUDIARIVAS-nf2nx Жыл бұрын

YELLOW MEANS STOP…HOWEVER MANY THINGS MAY HAPPEND , SO IF YOU ARE IN THE INTERSACTION THAN YOU GO AHEAD INTO INTERSACTION, ,THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEOS, AS DRIVER OF MANY YEARS IS GOOD TO,CHECK WRONG IS FOR THE RIGHT TO HAPPENED PREVENCION IS A GOOD THING …🚙

@asperates33 Жыл бұрын

😂😂 Some people get disappointed or mad when I slow down on yellow light to potentially stop. They expect me to drive like 10 beyond the limit just to avoid the red Like Dude I'm not in a rush to die

@Skandawin78 2 жыл бұрын

I got a ticket in NJ for a similar scenario

@suzieogeto6319 2 жыл бұрын

6.44 what if you chose not to proceed coz the lights turned red, what would have happened?

@karamhasan9241 2 жыл бұрын

at that point your sitting in the middle of an intersection, so you quickly finish your turn

@CaptainCJ97 Ай бұрын

I'll be a fan these turning left on green but have to yield to people going straight

@dasteufelhund Жыл бұрын

Can you move forward to the middle of the intersection while having green to be in a immediate position to move?

@bestoftiktok2576 Жыл бұрын

yes, which is why even if the light turns red, as long as ur in the intersection u aren't breaking any laws

@dasteufelhund Жыл бұрын

@@bestoftiktok2576 Many thanks!

@androidphone6972 Жыл бұрын

On every intersection my foot is over the brake, I know idiots exist every corner I don’t like this system where people turn left when they get right of way. TURNING LEFT SHOULD BE ONLY WHEN THE LEFT GREEN IS AN ARROW AND NO ONE ELSE IS MOVING IN OTHER DIRECTIONS. Yesterday I was going through a green light and a car in my opposite was trying to take a left. He couldn’t see me approaching, thought he could quickly turn left and BAM. I was alert to brake on time and avoid a collision. Dam.

@jayasmrmore3687 2 ай бұрын

What do you mean you “don’t like this system where people turn left when they get right of way”?

@CLAUDIARIVAS-nf2nx Жыл бұрын

NEVER PASS LINE ON INTERSACTION ,HOWEVER SOME STATES HAVE LEARNING SOMEHOW DIFFERENT.

@karenharris3183 2 жыл бұрын

yellow light on driver test you can not go if you do you fail. my mistake taught me yes you can go on yellow, no not during drive test.

@youtuber9178 2 жыл бұрын

hmmm, maybe you could've claimed it? With yellows it's very situational right, but general rule is if you can safely stop at a yellow you must stop

@karenharris3183 2 жыл бұрын

@@youtuber9178 mine was green to start and i not notice it changed . I am not sure it did . I think I was on my way out of the traffic center when it whent to solid yellow. but it ok films here are showing me . classes start in a few months.

@kiandshay4964 Жыл бұрын

No you were totally right I just got a critical error bc I didn’t proceed to move from the intersection at yellow

@karenharris3183 Жыл бұрын

@@kiandshay4964 catch 22 dambed if do dambed if donot

@joseph395 Жыл бұрын

Who would’ve been at fault, if you did turn into the far left lane at 7:17? I know they have the right of way at the light, BUT they weren’t suppose to switch lanes in the intersection though 🤷🏻‍♂️

@justinitdoesntmatter7515 Жыл бұрын

Just got into an accident with this same exact scenario. I turned left and he was turning right. He entered my lane and hit the front of my car, I’m waiting to see who is at fault.

@realcrashjr 5 ай бұрын

@@justinitdoesntmatter7515 What was the result? Who was determined to be at fault?

@justinitdoesntmatter7515 5 ай бұрын

@@realcrashjrthe cop sent me an email with a ticket 3 weeks later after the accident. I could have fought it because technically the person turning right should have went into the correct lane but on the flip side I am supposed to wait until they complete the turn. My insurance though said it wasn’t my fault. Also I went to court and just paid the failed to yield ticket of $170 but had no points on my license since I had a clean record.

@karenharris3183 2 жыл бұрын

on drive tests you can not go on red light. You can not go on a yellow . those are red lights on test drive. So you are to stop. I went on green light yellow came on as I in middle turning and she told me you just went threw a red light. I repyed to her I thought I saw green. I failed. I was not taught properly.

@ridonkulus428 2 жыл бұрын

Same happened to me

@annaperkins5818 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing because I feel like the rule should be the opposite, that the right turning people should be the ones yielding

@CLAUDIARIVAS-nf2nx Жыл бұрын

IS OK THEY HAVE RIGHT TO GO

@keithmcmanus2406 4 ай бұрын

Nobody has a right to go. Green means your lane is not required to stop, but it does not mean go.

@seek3n Жыл бұрын

I feel like right turn should yield for green light left turn. Cuz right can always turn unless no right turn on red. But if that's the case the left turn light would not turn green at the same time as the right turn. I always yield for the green light left turn so