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Old Posted May 31, 2019, 1:46 AM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 View Post
Does LA really have the pedestrian density (high amount of folks walking sidewalks) to warrant such a rule (right-on-red) ban? City-wide? If anything, just keep it at certain high risk or high incident intersections, but IDK about the whole city.

NYC has it city wide, but in some sections, like the low-rise or single-family home sections of Queens, it would be nice to turn on red. I mean, people still do it, but for the sake of being kosher... your not suppose to do it. "hint hint".

In Manhattan it absolutely makes sense. Although pedestrians crossing when they are not suppose to does create traffic, especially around the PA Bus Terminal.
Most cities should probably do it. The crosswalk is the most dangerous place to be a pedestrian. It's a life or death issue for someone walking or biking, but just an inconvenience for someone behind the wheel of a car.
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