Archive for May 24th, 2015
Right Turn On Red: After Stop, After Yield
Posted by Ed in Photography & Images, Recumbent Bicycling on 2015-05-24
With the green left-turn arrow indicating red for opposing traffic, everybody’s in the proper position. I’m crossing the stop line and leaning into the turn at about 15 mph:
Right On Red – Tucker at Friendly – 0 sec
New York State allows a right turn on red, but you’re supposed to stop and yield to other traffic. In that picture, the oncoming car is definitely stopped.
Three seconds later:
Right On Red – Tucker at Friendly – 3 sec
She hugged the curb to turn into the gas station entrance just to her right, which was the only thing that saved me. Braking hard in a turn slides you under the oncoming vehicle, ramming a school bus head-on is bad form, and sideswiping a car at speed never ends well.
I suppose I just don’t look nearly as fast as I am. Which, given the fairing and spinning feet, is hard to imagine.
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