Turning right

stephenjohny92 · 09-12-2025 01:35AM #1

Hi am a learner driver just for one month. I have a doubt regarding turning right at this traffic junction.Mine and the oncoming cars have the green light and am at the box do have to wait for the filter light (right arrow)to turn on to go.l have. A doubt if the filter light don't come up i will stuck at the box can quickly turn right if the amber light is tuned on before the red. Or in all this case will a filter light will come ? Just curious and love driving and passionate of learning. Thanks

J_R · 09-12-2025 03:18AM

Hi,

A green circle light means, if safe, you go. If turning right and there is oncoming traffic you drive straight in and stop with your front bumper level with the white line in the other road. You then wait until it is clear to complete the turn - irrespective of the lights. You are no longer controlled by the light as you have taken possession of the junction and the cross traffic should allow you to complete your turn. However be cautious as some people believe green means GO

If the oncoming car is also turning right, both of you are "equal" and as there are two methods, turning in front or drive around, proceed with caution. Large junctions usually drive behind, smaller, drive across in front

Mellor · 09-12-2025 04:26AM

Proceed on the full green if it is safe to do so, or wait for the filter. No full green other cars can cross your path, on green filter, other cards crossing your path will have red lights - you have right of way.

Also, if you are waiting in the junction, if the light change to amber/red - you still have right of way to proceed.
Remember if your full green changes to red, that doesn't mean the the light has also hanged on the other side. Only proceed when it is safe.

ted1 · 09-12-2025 10:18AM

good to go. Unless there’s a red filter light.
some lights have sensors. You will

See a line of tar in a box shape. If you stop before that or after that. The filter may not go on

standardg60 · 09-12-2025 12:39PM

As above on the full green you need to proceed into the junction roughly level with the black car in the pic. Regardless of whether you get a filter you still need to complete the turn either when safe or when the light turns red.Not doing so could mean a test fail for not making timely progress.

Different if there's a red filter light, then you stay behind the line until it goes green.

standardg60 · 09-12-2025 01:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124054923#Comment_124054923

Just on two cars turning right, you'd always cross in front in the set up above, as there may be several cars turning right in both directions. If you tried to turn around the other car there'd be carnage!

On a single lane minor junction if there's only you and another car both turning it may be 'proper' to pass each other first and then turn, but you'd both have to know what the other intends. Best to just signal and agree who's turning first there, don't flash anyone if doing the test though as that's not an official signal even if everyone does it.

coylemj · 09-12-2025 02:40PM

A solid (circle) green light means you can turn right if the way is clear. If it's a green 'up' arrow then you must wait at the stop line for the filter light. In that case, be sure to drive right up to the stop line, there's often a sensor to detect people waiting to turn right. If you're turning right and stop too far short of the stop line, you may not get the filter.

If it's a very busy junction then, even if the green light is a solid circle, there will often be a filter light for traffic turning right but in those cases, there is often a small white box with a right-rurn arrow in the middle of the junction where right-turning traffic is expected to wait, those boxes contains a sensor. You don't have to wait for the filter and can turn right if the way is clear but you'll be guaranted a safe slot to rurn right when you get the green filter.

Here's an example on Newtownpark Ave. in Dublin, just below the Texaco filling station. Note the solid green light and the 'waiting to turn right' boxes in the middle of the junction. People turning right are expected to drive into those boxes, to activate the sensor for the filter.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/t4vtiixsQUeYfKpH7

Turning right

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