Jeff Rosenberg wrote:
Jennifer Pedersen wrote:
I really don't understand why motorists getting to turn right on red lights is a higher priority than people walking across safely -
it's the same at most of the 55 intersections, and also at the corner of Cedar & Franklin. I know it's MNDOT, but don't city planners or the neighborhoods get any say?
Amen to that. I am most definitely in favor of less rights on red. I live in Seven Corners, right by the intersection of Cedar/Washington/15th Ave. Rights on red are allowed at this intersection, even though there are almost always pedestrians crossing. Furthermore, since the area is the site of 5 bars, one cannot always assume that all pedestrians or all drivers will be completely alert. It is about time for the government and citizens of Minneapolis to change their priorities--the sole point of our city is not to move cars as guickly as possible.
--Jeff Rosenberg
While I agree the sole point of our city should not be to move cars as quickly as possible, I'm not sure I see prohibiting turns on red as a solution to a vague problem here.
Pedestrians already have the right of way at any marked cross walk or any intersection (marked or not) by state law. I think it is high time that drivers become educated to this fact. A month long crack-down on violators by all law enforcement agencies state wide would go a long way to raising the awareness level.
I feel safer crossing in front of a car that presumably has stopped for the red before turning right, than I do in front of a car that has a green light right of way who needs to SPOT ME in time to stop before making a right hand turn.
So, could you please explain more clearly just exactly what the problem is, and how causing stopping cars wanting to turn right at red lights is going to help it?
By the way, right turn on red, except were specifically prohibited by a sign, is allowed in all 50 states.
Chris Johnson - Fulton
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