can tractor trailers make a right turn on red?

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  1. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    Depends on if it can be done safely without impeding traffic or not.

    I don't know how being paid by the mile, the hour or any other way factors into it.

    Sometimes you come to a red, you're in a right turn lane, there's a bunch of cars behind you waiting to turn right also and there's not a single vehicle visible on the road you're turning onto. So you're going to just sit there and wait for a green because you're 'paid by the hour'?
     
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  3. CruisingAlong

    CruisingAlong Medium Load Member

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    This is how I proceed as we'll.
     
  4. Vilhiem

    Vilhiem Road Train Member

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    Yes. I'm paid by the mile and even under those conditions I will wait. I'm legal. Nothing else matters at that time.

    ...I also see it this way. There's a reason that intersection is marked like that usually. Be it that oncoming traffic is blind from a hill or curve or you're unable to see any hazards.

    Theres a road nearby my house. The speed limit is 35. Everyone goes 50, and I feel the set limit is too slow. But I still do the speed limit.
     
  5. Alaska76

    Alaska76 Road Train Member

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    What is an Alaskan hello, exactly?
     
  6. dave93

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    i always wondered as well but today saw a flatbedder make a right on red when it clearly posted no right on red and he even didnt stop lol
     
  7. tinytim

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    Marked like? I'm talking about when it's legal and safe to so.
     
  8. Vilhiem

    Vilhiem Road Train Member

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    You may know it better as flipping the bird, shooting a bird, or being given the middle finger.

    I had hoped to find at least the joke that Alaskan Hello came from but it wasn't that great a joke anyways.

    Okay. Some intersections are marked as, "no right on red." So that's why I say that. If the intersection isn't marked as, "no right on red" then it's perfectly legal to make a right on red.

    Sorry, my wording may have been off, I'm posting between bouts of sleep since I'm in a noisy area. But I did cover that in my first post on the topic.
     
  9. OutOfIdeas

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    I vaguely remember being told in school that it's illegal to pull a right on red with a cdl permit, but legal once you get your full cdl.
    This could be %100 wrong though.
     
  10. HotH2o

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    #### right! Is that a problem? Should have gotten in front of me! :biggrin_255:
     
    Vilhiem Thanks this.
  11. HotH2o

    HotH2o Road Train Member

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    The traffic laws are the same whether you have a permit or a CDL. The only thing a permit holder can't do is drive without a CDL holder in the jump seat.
     
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