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Old Sep 22, 2014 | 7:02 pm
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Originally Posted by DenverBrian
Another phrase for that is "protected turn."

Colorado and other states are increasingly replacing steady green with blinking yellow arrows for non-protected but legal left turns.
I've been seeing a lot of new lights where the green arrow becomes a flashing yellow arrow to signal that left turns are no longer protected.

The flashing yellow arrow replaces the left turn yield on green circular light sign.

IIRC, Washington allows left turns on red if one is turning onto a one way street no matter what type of street one is coming from.

Another quirk in Washington is that drivers are not required to stop for a school bus traveling in the opposite direction if there is a center turn lane or 3+ lanes on that portion of the roadway. Many people do stop and risk a citation for impeding traffic.

A number of states allow motorcyclists to run red lights if the lights have cycled through and they have not gotten a green light.
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