Does anyone in the USA know that when making a left turn in front of oncoming traffic you must yield?

Question

How many times have you been at a traffic light, you get the green light and then suddenly a person tryes to cut across your path to make a left turn quickly in front of you? I noticed this doesnt happen much when I visited in Canada- but here in the USA it's out of control! people are so aggressive at intersections...is it because we dont enforce any violations like this?? oh yea, unless there is an accident then you will get a ticket, but seriously, when will police management wake up and start ordering officers to enforce DIFFERENT laws and change the routine, maybe not focus on only speeding for a while? would this help? we are spending millions on cameras to catch people running red lights, what about fail to yield? how many accidents happen because of this?

Lets here it people, vent on this if you have had this happen....thanks

Answer 1

they are just clearing the intersection

Answer 2

its just another sympton of a society that thinks they are free when in reality they are so controlled that they are barely able to do anything. traffic control in the usa is not meant to keep traffic moving efficiently but to keep it stopped.

Answer 3

Unless you have the green arrow, you must yield untill it is safe to go. Sometimes there is a delayed light for the traffic coming at you that will allow you to make the turn before they can start coming at you.

Answer 4

Wow, I am glad I don't live where you do.  I actually work on traffic signals, and at times have to be in the middle of an intersection.  It is not for the weak of heart!  Anyway, most people around here making a left do yield to oncoming traffic!  We also have left turn lanes and left turn arrows so they get their turn before the straight through traffic!

Answer 5

>>  so aggressive at intersections

NO.  I think people are stupid.  I got into a whole discussion on how the driver's IN TRAFFIC should have the right of way.  I was shocked how many people don't know the simple and obvious law.

We have lots of bad drivers here.  It seems like the law expects the good drivers to driver defensively and make up the difference.

good Luck...

Answer 6

everybody knows it.

do it in front of a cop in my town, you'll get a ticket.

Answer 7

On a yellow you are to proceed into the intersection , and turn at the first available chance.

When the light turns yellow people are suppose to stop and allow the intersect in to clear.

But , no one stops at yellow lights , so the light turns red , then you clear the intersection.

If there is a car in the intersection when your light turns green , you are to wait till it is clear to proceed.

Again , usually the problem lies with the people who hit the gas at the yellow.

Answer 8

"but seriously, when will police management wake up and start ordering officers to enforce DIFFERENT laws "

We do enforce this when we can but most people don't drive recklessly when they see us around. I see these violations all the time in my own vehicles, hardly ever in a police vehicle.

"maybe not focus on only speeding for a while"

Speeding is rarely the CAUSE of a collision but it ALWAYS exaggerates the severity of it.

We may not always be able to stop the CAUSE of the collision but we can reduce its severity. Or, we could just stand by and watch people kill themselves, and, even worse, kill other people.

Answer 9

you should be aware when you turn in front of someone  that  just because your light turned red theirs may not have  they do that sometimes