Time to reverse the national 'Right-on-Red' wave of the late 1970s?
Councilwoman Cheh’s bill does not guarantee all rights on red in Washington will be gone after 2025, as it gives the District’s Transportation department authority to evaluate intersections where it might still be safer to retain right turns on red.
“In negotiating the bill, the agency told us that it would be likely there would be locations,” Cheh says, “however, I am not aware of any specific intersections.”prompted US states and DC to adopt traffic laws allowing right turns at red lights. They already were legal in western states, according to Wikipedia, and Massachusetts was last to the party, in 1980.
“As the fuel savings argument for allowing right on red becomes less and less relevant with more efficient cars, hybrids, and EVs, and while traffic violence continues to rise across the country, I would imagine other jurisdictions will make the same common-sense decision we did in the District,” Cheh says. [“More efficient cars” includes the proliferation of mild-hybrid stop/start systems.]
If this is the beginning of a reverse-wave, it probably will be the result of a widespread movement begun years ago to de-car congested urban areas in favor of walkable city streets. A reverse-wave would happen without the push from something like the , as “Individual traffic regulations are under the purview of local jurisdictions,” according to the Federal Highway Administration.Have you had a dangerous encounter at an intersection, either as a pedestrian or as a driver? Please comment below.
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