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Right turn on red? With pedestrian deaths rising, US cities are considering bans (apnews.com)
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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago

Functionally, I don't think it would work unless every state adopted the ban.

But I think it's a good idea. When I used to bike and go running (on the right side of the road) there were so many times people would pull up to a red light, look left, then go without ever looking in the new direction they were now traveling in.