Is it legal to turn right on red in Houston?

[matt.bruns]

Originally Posted by astrohip

Not vague at all. Unlike a right-on-red, where you don't have to cross traffic, left-on-red would cross traffic if you were on a two-way street, or turning onto a two-way street.

So to make a left-on-red, you must be turning from a one-way street, onto a one-way street.

You should also be able to make a left turn on red onto a one way street from a 2 way street.

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by matt.bruns

You should also be able to make a left turn on red onto a one way street from a 2 way street.

No, that's illegal. There is no situation where you can turn left on red from a 2 way street without crossing the other lane of traffic. You mat have a red, but the other direction may not.

[astrohip]

Originally Posted by matt.bruns

You should also be able to make a left turn on red onto a one way street from a 2 way street.

No no no. Here is a graphic, showing a left turn, both from a one-way onto a two-way, and vice versa. As you can see, in either case, you are cutting across traffic. Left on red is only legal from a one-way, to a one-way.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by WRM20

Right turn on red is allowed after stopping unless there is a sign explicitly prohibiting it.

This ^^^^^.

Although sometimes people behind the car at an intersection with signs prohibiting it (signs both a bit back and at the intersection) wrongly, rudely, and impatiently honk at the person at the intersection who won’t violate what the sign says.

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by RMESMH

This ^^^^^.

Although sometimes people behind the car at an intersection with signs prohibiting it (signs both a bit back and at the intersection) wrongly, rudely, and impatiently honk at the person at the intersection who won’t violate what the sign says.

The opposite of that is intersections like Shepherd and Westheimer in Houston, where left turns are prohibited, and some idiot is sitting there blocking traffic with their left turn signal on. It generally results in them making the turn on yellow, while the 10 cars behind them have to wait another cycle to go straight.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by astrohip

No no no. Here is a graphic, showing a left turn, both from a one-way onto a two-way, and vice versa. As you can see, in either case, you are cutting across traffic. Left on red is only legal from a one-way, to a one-way.

So .... most of the time is not legal

[astrohip]

Originally Posted by Dopo

So .... most of the time is not legal

"Most" is not a term one should use. Left-on-red is legal in some situations, and not in others. "Most" is typically an adverb, not a legal qualifier.