The only thing I care about now is following the driving laws and prioritizing safety, that’s it. lm done with thinking about people’s (and even my own) driving preferences. So if Im following the rules of the road correctly and what Im doing is safe I consider myself a good driver.
EDIT: Ignore the title of the post. I can’t edit the title, what I’m really asking is, is it allowed based on the law that I put in my post which is known as a “don’t block the box” rule.
This post is a question I have after reading another post on here. If you want to know what I mean by pulling into the intersection for a left turn, read the bottom of the post.
The reason I don’t know if pulling into the intersection for a left turn is allowed in my state is because of this rule: “No driver should enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is a sufficient space on the other side of the intersection to completely clear it.”
How I understand this is, I can’t enter the intersection only because the light is green. To enter the intersection the light has to be green and I also need to have enough space to complete the left turn. And I believe “entering the intersection” means going past the stop line.
So according to this rule should I stay behind the stop line unless I have a green light and there’s enough space to complete the left turn? Or am I misunderstanding it?
Pulling into the intersection for a left turn is when I have to make a left turn and there’s a green light so I enter the intersection while waiting/yielding to other people. Then that allows me to make the left turn whenever I’m able to, even if the traffic light goes to a red light.
What has happened to me multiple times is I’ll make a comment, it gets downvoted which verifies someone saw it, and there are no replies. I like having discussions on reddit because I’ve learned new things from discussions on here so I want some tips to better my chances of getting replies.
When a comment has multiple downvotes and no rebuttals. It’s a pet peeve because I think about it like a bunch of people being like “nope you’re wrong” and not a single one attempting to explain why.
This is just a petty pet peeve I have so I’m not saying you did something horrible if this post applies to you.