Who has the right of way in this scenario?

[Illini]

Driver 1 approaches a green light to turn left and has to yield on green before making the turn. Driver 2 is coming from the opposite direction and turning right, where the right lane goes straight, and a turn lane appears just at the light.

I honestly don't know. I guess I always assumed that if you are turning right with a green light, you always have the right of way and do not have to stop. Buddy of mine disagrees.

 

[Hamilbet]

http://drivinginstructorblog.com/right-of-way-basics/

Generally speaking, left turns must yield to right turns

 

[TheFalls]

Driver 1 approaches a green light to turn left and has to yield on green before making the turn. Driver 2 is coming from the opposite direction and turning right, where the right lane goes straight, and a turn lane appears just at the light.

I honestly don't know. I guess I always assumed that if you are turning right with a green light, you always have the right of way and do not have to stop. Buddy of mine disagrees.

I need to preface this by saying that I rage quite often on the road and always stay in the left lane when possible, always passing people. Can't stand wasting time driving.

I hate this situation almost more than any other because I can't comprehend people's decision making abilities.
This same situation can be applied to just a normal crossroad with no lights in my opinion.

The car turning right doesn't ever have to yield to the other car going the opposite direction turning left...but they do all the time and it just looks stupid and doesn't make any sense to me.
Will never understand these people yielding for me when I want to turn left.
The car turning left panics half the time because they are waiting for the car turning right to actually turn. And when that right-turning car doesn't turn, it just turns in to a mess.

 

[LoCalDallasGuy]

car 1 must yield.

 

[MikeB]

Are either one of these drivers Asian Women?

If so, it's just best to give them the right of way.


If not, car 2 has the right of way.

 

[Illini]

I was driver 2. Buddy of mine said that if the car has started his left turn, he has the right of way. I yielded, because I had to. But I disagreed that he had the right of way, simply because how can a driver turning right not have the right of way on a green light. He said that since it was a turn lane that had a stop line out to the right, and wasn't the original lane, that you have to yield. I dunno.

 

[cy1981]

Illini....it kind of depends....if the car coming at me has a Hawkeye bumper sticker on it I just keep plowing along. They will usually stop. @)

 

[HarryCaray]

I was driver 2. Buddy of mine said that if the car has started his left turn, he has the right of way. I yielded, because I had to. But I disagreed that he had the right of way, simply because how can a driver turning right not have the right of way on a green light. He said that since it was a turn lane that had a stop line out to the right, and wasn't the original lane, that you have to yield. I dunno.

You are right, your buddy is wrong.

 

[slapshot]

If you are turning onto a 2 lane road you both have the right of way as both cars take the nearest lane

 

[ML Dog]

In another thread someone said they get pissed when they're behind a Left-Hand turner who hesitates to turn...Yields to the Right hand Turner...when encountered by this scenario, approaching car from opposite direction turning right.

I was stunned that anyone would Rage over that. I have always considered the Right Hand turner the exact same as all the other cars flowing the same way on a Green, they have the Right of Way, Left Turner yields...of course.

To me its a "No Brainer". I did actually have a Manager within a Professional Drving Job such as Limo or Taxi try and rip me a new one for not coming to a complete stop while being that Right Hand turner, for not actually STOPPING completely during my turn and looking left and right before turning...while having the Green. My response was "wtf sincerely are you retarded?" "the drivers behind me would lose their MINDS if I stopped and quite possibly even plow into me" the former response certainly provoked an interesting follow up exchange.

Later though I considered though that he might have actually had a "point" cuz what if someone flips a YOOEY (U-Turn) from the Left Hand Turn lane adjacent (on the RED...I know, unlikely but could happen. Only scenario I could imagine that would warrant anyone coming to a complete HALT before making a Right on Green....other than Pedestrians being present)

But to me OP's question is easy and I'm completely befuddled why any one would have trouble seeing easily that the Left Hand Turner has to Yield in this scenario.

 

[doubledeuce22]

Car turning right has right of way, as car taking left is crossing flow of traffic.

 

[ML Dog]

If you are turning onto a 2 lane road you both have the right of way as both cars take the nearest lane

As I said in that other thread "NO." Cuz what you're proposing...where are you if that Right Hand Turner doesn't manage the tight turn and stay in their lane which happens, like, only all the time. Then You're forced to stop right in the middle of the intersection to accomodate that Wide Turner, light goes Yellow a Texting Teen FLOORS IT to make the light to get to The Mall a couple of minutes faster plows into your stuck in the intersection with nowhere to go ass and you die.

Not a good outcome. Very very risky to place confidence in opposing drivers making that tight turn. Downright FOOLISH to place this trust and Bet potentially your LIFE on the ability of some unknown (possibly Old Lady or Chinese Driver or...Old Female Chinese Driver) to make a proper tight turn.

 

[Enfuego]

If you are turning onto a 2 lane road you both have the right of way as both cars take the nearest lane

This is the answer.

 

[Michelangelo]

Car turning right has right of way, as car taking left is crossing flow of traffic.

This is the correct answer. And, I, like the Falls get crazy when people don't know the simple rules of driving.

 

[Illini]

This is the answer.

This cannot be correct. One has the right of way, and one doesn't. Yes, you are technically supposed to only turn into the right lane when turning right. But the only time you get pulled over for that is late at night when a cop is just looking for an excuse to pull you over to see if you're drunk. If you don't yield there from the left lane, you have a lot of faith that I don't ever wanna have.