"NY" wrote in message
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"tim..." wrote in message
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right turn on red came about because it's normal not to find pedestrian
phases on US lights

peds cross the side roads at the same time as traffic runs "across", so
if you want to make a turn you can't do it then because the road is full
of crossing peds

so right turn on red is allowed instead

How does that work?

because there are two lanes