Drivers will see red arrows on left turns

• sportchampps

  As long as they don't get any more red light cameras that send money out of Ohio and to arizona
• sherm03

  

  The only thing that I don't like about this is that the federal government is forcing local governments into spending money they don't have. There have been a lot of times that I've been in a left-turn lane with a red light, while the other lane going straight has a green light...oncoming traffic has a green light but there are no cars approaching...and have had people laying on the horn behind me and pulling into the right lane and turning left in front of me because I wasn't moving. People are stupid. I'm not even sure if this will solve that problem, though.
• ManO'War

  

  LED's are terrible.
  
  Everywhere that I've seen them they have a bunch of the individual lights burned out.
• Sykotyk

  

  ts1227;1165821 wrote:I think the turn arrow cycles to flashing yellow when both directions have green lights. Then, it goes solid yellow, red along with the rest of the lights when it cycles.

  
  
  
  Some intersections have left on green arrow only. The red arrow signifies you can't.
  
  The problem with the Red circle compared to the red arrow is that the red circle signifies 'stop' entirely. Not just one way. No where in the vehicular code is there a 'light per lane' rule. So, a solid red means stop. And stop always trumps go. Just a blip in the rules that is finally being corrected. If there's three lanes (one left, on thru, and one thru-or-right-turn) and three lights, they're supposed to all work in tandem with eachother. There's a reason there's a green arrow instead of giving a third solid green for turns. Why? Because it signifies specifically just for the left turn lane.
  
  It didn't always used to be that way. Hell, it took a long time before the left turn signal became a standard.
  

  ManO'War;1165830 wrote:LED's are terrible.
  
  Everywhere that I've seen them they have a bunch of the individual lights burned out.

  Part of the beauty of LEDs. The diode has a long half-life. But, they also have a failure rate, just like a bulb (although much longer). The thing is, instead of one bulb out of one blowing, it's one diode out of 20+ going. If it's a regular bulb, a repair would need to be made immediately. At a much greater cost. One diode, or even a few, is inconsequential to the operation of the light. And it's a hell of a lot cheaper than incandescent bulbs. And the technology is improving. It won't be long until most roadway-related lights are switched to LEDs, including headlamps.
• WebFire

  Sykotyk;1165849 wrote:Some intersections have left on green arrow only. The red arrow signifies you can't.
  
  The problem with the Red circle compared to the red arrow is that the red circle signifies 'stop' entirely. Not just one way. No where in the vehicular code is there a 'light per lane' rule. So, a solid red means stop. And stop always trumps go. Just a blip in the rules that is finally being corrected. If there's three lanes (one left, on thru, and one thru-or-right-turn) and three lights, they're supposed to all work in tandem with eachother. There's a reason there's a green arrow instead of giving a third solid green for turns. Why? Because it signifies specifically just for the left turn lane.
  
  It didn't always used to be that way. Hell, it took a long time before the left turn signal became a standard.

  Yet somehow we managed.
• WebFire

  sherm03;1165827 wrote:The only thing that I don't like about this is that the federal government is forcing local governments into spending money they don't have. There have been a lot of times that I've been in a left-turn lane with a red light, while the other lane going straight has a green light...oncoming traffic has a green light but there are no cars approaching...and have had people laying on the horn behind me and pulling into the right lane and turning left in front of me because I wasn't moving. People are stupid. I'm not even sure if this will solve that problem, though.

  Never had it happen. Never seen it happen. Been driving for 20 years.
• justincredible

  

  WebFire;1165943 wrote:Never had it happen. Never seen it happen. Been driving for 20 years.

  Same here. I've only been driving for 13 years, but I've yet to see anything like this.
• sherm03

  

  WebFire;1165943 wrote:Never had it happen. Never seen it happen. Been driving for 20 years.

  justincredible;1165951 wrote:Same here. I've only been driving for 13 years, but I've yet to see anything like this.

  Guess I'm just the lucky one. I would also venture to say that I'm in the car and on the road more often. I basically live in my car.
• hoops23

  

  We've had a couple of these in Sandusky for some time now.
• yobro08

  hell if its red in a turning lane here in columbus and theres no traffic i go everytime
• dlazz

  yobro08;1166133 wrote:hell if its red in a turning lane here in columbus and theres no traffic i go everytime

  That is illegal.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  dlazz;1166172 wrote:That is illegal.

  
  Your mom's illegal.
• dlazz

  ernest_t_bass;1166176 wrote:Your mom's illegal.

  roasted
• ts1227

  

  yobro08;1166133 wrote:hell if its red in a turning lane here in columbus and theres no traffic i go everytime

  
• yobro08

  yea i like to be a toughbutt
• sherm03

  

  yobro08;1166187 wrote:yea i like to be a toughbutt

  Tough guys don't refer to themselves as a "toughbutt."
• ernest_t_bass

  

  sherm03;1166191 wrote:Tough guys don't refer to themselves as a "toughbutt."

  
  This guys a comedian over here.
• friendfromlowry

  SportsAndLady;1165820 wrote:One of the few things I liked about that place..don't pump your own gas is another good one

  Lol, yeah all old women hate pumping their own gas.
• WebFire

  yobro08;1166133 wrote:hell if its red in a turning lane here in columbus and theres no traffic i go everytime

  Do you do it outside of Columbus?
• Sykotyk

  

  friendfromlowry;1166201 wrote:Lol, yeah all old women hate pumping their own gas.

  Only Oregon and New Jersey require non-commercial pumps to be attended by gas jockeys to pump the gas.
• sherm03

  

  ernest_t_bass;1166193 wrote:This guys a comedian over here.

  Thank you for remembering.