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And now, turning right on a red light is just a cash cow for the slimy red light camera companies. Some areas report that upwards of 95% of the tickets issued by red light cameras were for not stopping for 6 seconds before turning right on a red light. ("In a two-month period in 2010 in South San Francisco, 98 percent of the 672 red-light violations recorded at El Camino Real and Westborough Boulevard were for right…
I thought California DMV rules only said you had to treat a red-light right like a stop sign. Make a complete stop then move. I don't recall reading anything about 6 seconds and the article doesn't mention that either. NB: you should always make a complete stop when turning right on red (even if state regs don't require it). And slow down a LOT when turning right in general. There's always a risk of hitting a pedestr…
Re: How UPS trucks saved millions of dollars by eliminating left turns
#101Apparently I was wrong about the 6 second thing. That's how long the cameras are recording before and after you trigger them. oops.