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Topic: (OOT) Can you turn left on red in UK?
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Martin Jones
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Posts: 1269
From: Thetford , Norfolk,England
Registered: May 2008
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posted October 09, 2009 10:23 AM
No, Winbert,if RED is the only light it refers to left, right and straight ahead at all times. Some sets of lights will have "Filter" arrows which are GREEN arrows permitting travel in the indicated direction while other directions are barred by RED lights. (By the way, it is the cars that are "right hand drive"; the drivers can be either left or right handed!).
Martin
EDIT: we do have some strange variations at crossings for pedestrians. Our traffic light system always involves RED AMBER, and GREEN lights. At ALL lights, RED means STOP, RED and AMBER together means PREPARE TO GO,and GREEN means GO. AMBER by itself means PREPARE TO STOP because it always precedes RED.
However, on some crossings RED is followed by a FLASHING AMBER by itself; this means IF THERE IS NOBODY ON THE CROSSING YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR GREEN..YOU CAN GO! These are called "Pelican" crossings.
Our "Zebra" crossings are identified by flashing Amber balls on poles at each end. They do not have lights, but if someone steps onto the crossing you MUST stop. But once they have progressed past the half way mark you can then pass behind them if there is no one else trying to cross on your side of the road, or nobody has STARTED to cross from the other side.. Sort that lot out, and don't ask me to explain Box Junctions; most drivers in the UK have no idea of the rules in regard to those!
Martin
[ October 09, 2009, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: Martin Jones ]
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