Hello. I would like to hear your opinion. Normally I don't have a problem with right turns at a controlled junction, but last time I got a little bit confused.
Please, see the following pictures:
http://oi68.tinypic.com/258vwnq.*** (put J P G instead of * * *)
http://oi67.tinypic.com/azb715.*** (put J P G instead of * * *)
The lights were the same as on the picture (green and green filter arrow below). I wanted to turn right and there were two cars in front of me. The first car started to turn right, then the light turned amber and the second car proceeded forwards very slowly as the exit was jammed and then the light turned red when I was right where the right arrow is in the picture. Now the question I asked myself: Should I follow this car slowly and risk that the traffic in front of them will stop and I will block the oncoming traffic if the light turns green for them or stay there and risk that the light for the traffic to my right turns green and I will be in their way (if they want to turn right)? What's the correct thing to do in this situation? I suppose it wouldn't be right to stop there as I crossed the first stop line when the light was green (and the other light is just a repeater, right?), so I followed to turn right slowly, but as it was really jammed, the light for the pedestrian after the right turn turned green in the meantime and I had to stop behind it to let them cross... Did I do anything wrong or would you do the same in this situation?
Please, see the following pictures:
http://oi68.tinypic.com/258vwnq.*** (put J P G instead of * * *)
http://oi67.tinypic.com/azb715.*** (put J P G instead of * * *)
The lights were the same as on the picture (green and green filter arrow below). I wanted to turn right and there were two cars in front of me. The first car started to turn right, then the light turned amber and the second car proceeded forwards very slowly as the exit was jammed and then the light turned red when I was right where the right arrow is in the picture. Now the question I asked myself: Should I follow this car slowly and risk that the traffic in front of them will stop and I will block the oncoming traffic if the light turns green for them or stay there and risk that the light for the traffic to my right turns green and I will be in their way (if they want to turn right)? What's the correct thing to do in this situation? I suppose it wouldn't be right to stop there as I crossed the first stop line when the light was green (and the other light is just a repeater, right?), so I followed to turn right slowly, but as it was really jammed, the light for the pedestrian after the right turn turned green in the meantime and I had to stop behind it to let them cross... Did I do anything wrong or would you do the same in this situation?
