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Re:How UPS trucks saved millions of dollars by eliminating l... by dec0dedab0de on Friday February 10, 2017 @11:39AM (#13616673)
People turning right have the same right-of-way as people going straight through an intersection.

No they don't, They must come to a complete stop and yield to all traffic, including people turning left. At least in NJ, I don't know about other states.

http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/pdf/Manuals/drivermanual.pdf

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Re:How UPS trucks saved millions of dollars by eliminating l... by zebrafish on Friday February 10, 2017 @01:46PM (#13617792)
or someone who comes from your front mau turn left?

so I guess you're right in the scenario that one direction has a green light with no green arrow and the opposite direction has a red light, but how often does that scenario exist?

If both directions have a green light, left-turners yield to right-turners because of traffic behind the right-turners and stop signs are always turn based.

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Re:How UPS trucks saved millions of dollars by eliminating l... by mnarayan01 on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:57PM (#13618357)
I believe the GP is saying that they have the same right-of-way as if they were going straight. Admittedly, the difficulty in talking about this stuff precisely does leave me wondering if some people ITT are total menaces on the roads.
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