In New Jersey it's a statewide-thing that you can (usually) turn on red. This seems to confuse our brethren from across the river in Philly, leading to some honking and assorted insults about one's mother, her pasta, who has the best cheesesteak, and who knows who in the mob.
Anyway, we do have a few odd T-intersections where most of the time you can turn right on red except when the oncoming left turn lane is turning. For those odd intersections there's an actual light that comes on for a few seconds and says "No turn on red". After the left hand turn light goes off, the "no turn" light goes off and you can go your merry way.
More than a few times I've seen people stopped in the right turn lane, either too dumb or too afraid to turn. Then the No Turn on Red sign actually comes on and you can see people in cars behind them pointing and essentially saying "LOOK! It's okay to turn on red when the sign's off, dick!"
Anyway, we do have a few odd T-intersections where most of the time you can turn right on red except when the oncoming left turn lane is turning. For those odd intersections there's an actual light that comes on for a few seconds and says "No turn on red". After the left hand turn light goes off, the "no turn" light goes off and you can go your merry way.
More than a few times I've seen people stopped in the right turn lane, either too dumb or too afraid to turn. Then the No Turn on Red sign actually comes on and you can see people in cars behind them pointing and essentially saying "LOOK! It's okay to turn on red when the sign's off, dick!"
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