Yellow Box?

ec18

Hey,
I was just wondering when is it ok to enter a yellow box?

Oshare Bones

When you say enter, do you mean stop in the yellow box?

1 of the times is when turning right anyway.

ntlbell

yeah turning right is ok

did you not get a copy of the rules of the road in your letterbox?

Alanstrainor

You may only enter a yellow box when you are able to clear it without stopping. The exception to this is when turning right, when you are allowed to stop in it while waiting for a break in the traffic.

ec18

If I'm turning right into a yellow box. That is only on the right side of the road where the flow of traffic is controlled by traffic lights. The light is red when I turned into it. Is that ok?

ntlbell

ec18 wrote: »

If I'm turning right into a yellow box. That is only on the right side of the road where the flow of traffic is controlled by traffic lights. The light is red when I turned into it. Is that ok?

not really sure what you mean but it sounds like your breaking a red light?

if the filter light is green you move up into the box to take the right turn

ec18

There was a set of lights then enough room for 2 or 3 cars before the yellow box started. The yellow box is only on the right side of the road. Is it ok to pull out and occupy the yellow box if the lights are red and there is traffic on both sides of the yellow box. The car in the yellow box is occupying both lanes of the road.

ntlbell

ec18 wrote: »

There was a set of lights then enough room for 2 or 3 cars before the yellow box started. The yellow box is only on the right side of the road. Is it ok to pull out and occupy the yellow box if the lights are red and there is traffic on both sides of the yellow box. The car in the yellow box is occupying both lanes of the road.

why would you be doing it if the light is red?

if there's one car out there then you should be behind the white line at the lights so if the light goes red you stay put

you should only pull out if your the first car IIRC which prevents what happend to you

if i understand you correctly

Wishbone Ash

Alanstrainor wrote: »

You may only enter a yellow box when you are able to clear it without stopping. The exception to this is when turning right, when you are allowed to stop in it while waiting for a break in the traffic.

............and only if your exit road is clear!

ec18 wrote: »

There was a set of lights then enough room for 2 or 3 cars before the yellow box started. The yellow box is only on the right side of the road. Is it ok to pull out and occupy the yellow box if the lights are red and there is traffic on both sides of the yellow box. The car in the yellow box is occupying both lanes of the road.

Any chance of a diagram? It's difficult to grasp the situation you refer to.

zuroph

u may follow the direction of my badly drawn arrow and stop in the yellow box if you are not obstructing the flow of traffic in the opposite lane of the main road. the rules of traffic lights stil apply, regardless of traffic on the other road.

ec18

zuroph wrote: »

u may follow the direction of my badly drawn arrow and stop in the yellow box if you are not obstructing the flow of traffic in the opposite lane of the main road. the rules of traffic lights stil apply, regardless of traffic on the other road.

That is pretty much the situation I was talking about. So if the flow of traffic is stopped then it's ok to occupy a yellow box?

Devia

Yeah it is, thats why the yellow box is there basically. You could get marked for progress turning right if you don't move into it. The traffic behind you may want to turn left and you'll be holding them up.

zuroph

ec18 wrote: »

That is pretty much the situation I was talking about. So if the flow of traffic is stopped then it's ok to occupy a yellow box?

yes, the box is there to allow you out onto the main road, and you may stop in that yellow box as long as the back of your car is not blocking the traffic going in the opposite direction.

(also, if a car on the main road travelling straight ahead drives into the yellow box and stops, which blocks you from exiting your road into it, you are allowed exit your car, and smash his side window in, to emphasise your anger. :pac:)

ec18

zuroph wrote: »

yes, the box is there to allow you out onto the main road, and you may stop in that yellow box as long as the back of your car is not blocking the traffic going in the opposite direction.

Great Thanks!

zuroph wrote: »

(also, if a car on the main road travelling straight ahead drives into the yellow box and stops, which blocks you from exiting your road into it, you are allowed exit your car, and smash his side window in, to emphasise your anger. :pac:)

Cool Didn't know that :P