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Can you turn right at a green light or must you wait for the green arrow?

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  • #32
    tommyhans
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    Failed my test on this today in Tallaght. Got confused and was waiting for the green arrow even though I had the green light. Big dirty fail.


  • #33
    grogi
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    Jacovs wrote: »
    Yes you have to wait for it to turn green too. In SA the lights don't cater for pedestrians like they do over here. If the light is red for someone wishing to turn, it usually means the light is green for pedestrians crossing that road.

    So the right red is redder?

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    The right scenario is the best one - and I have seen those being implemented around the Cork City recently...

    The middle is what I typically see around. The green only allows particular direction, while the red applies to the rest.

    The left scenario should never ever happened. If someone claims that in this scenario you can go straight but not turn, they are inherently inconsistent. The green light does not have any direction information and does not discriminate any direction. So if we agree one can go straight, one can turn as well - but giving way to traffic from the front.


  • #34
    grogi
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    Lia_lia wrote: »
    There are a good few of those green straight filter lights down the road from me (Cork city!). They still confuse my Mother who has been driving for 20+ years. She doesn't really get out of Kerry much..

    Don't blame here - it is a very bed design...

    If different directions get separate signalling, the red light should be directional as well. That way you would know which red light to observe...


  • #35
    grogi
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    VG31 wrote: »
    The full Rules of the Road book is available in PDF format for free online: http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Learner%20Drivers/Rules_of_the_road.pdf

    Which does not constitute law and is often misleading?


  • #36
    GrumpyMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭GrumpyMe


    grogi wrote: »
    So the right red is redder?

    398334.png

    The right scenario is the best one - and I have seen those being implemented around the Cork City recently...

    The middle is what I typically see around. The green only allows particular direction, while the red applies to the rest.

    The left scenario should never ever happened. If someone claims that in this scenario you can go straight but not turn, they are inherently inconsistent. The green light does not have any direction information and does not discriminate any direction. So if we agree one can go straight, one can turn as well - but giving way to traffic from the front.

    Do you know of anywhere where the left scenario did happen? :eek:


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