Some places it's OK to turn right on red, others not. In CA it's a local
option. If you don't know for sure you're chancing a ticket.

YMMV

Mike

On 7/28/06 12:04 PM, "Loren Busch" <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> *An Open Letter to all the DADs Out There*
>
> Are you a DAD?  I'm referring to Dumb A** Drivers.
>
> Now I know that no Vanagon driver would ever fall into this category, but I
> just met several DADs while running errands around town this morning.
>
> And here is my question for those DADs I met today:  IF YOU AREN'T PLANNING
> ON TURNING RIGHT WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE WHEN
> THERE WERE TWO OTHER THROUGH LANES?  I met two of you at one light, and
> three of your brethren at the next light.  Can't you understand that staying
> out of the right hand lane at stop lights, when you have a choice, allows
> the traffic that is turning right to proceed against the red when traffic
> allows?  This moves more vehicles through the intersection in less time.  It
> gets those vehicles to their destination faster; it spreads out the traffic,
> and gets other vehicles off the street sooner.  That means less congestion
> for all.
>
>