# I pit runners who...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-runners-who/771725>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 13, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-runners-who/771725 "2016-11-13T00:03:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-runners-who/771725/21 "2016-11-14T01:18:01Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> I was making a legal left turn on red from a one-way street to another one-way street…

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Excuse my ignorance, how do you make a legal left turn on red? Are there some states where you can turn left on red?

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**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-runners-who/771725/22 "2016-11-14T01:29:47Z")

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> [@Honey](#):
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> Excuse my ignorance, how do you make a legal left turn on red? Are there some states where you can turn left on red?

In some states, yes, if both streets are one-way and your turn would not put you traveling the wrong way on a one-way street. I would wager this is true in most states where “right on red after stop” is legal unless otherwise posted.

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**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-runners-who/771725/23 "2016-11-14T01:34:43Z")

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> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#):
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> Only an idiot would ride their bicycle on the left side of the road

Are they? I’ve only heard the subject brought up as a joke on the Simpsons. No PSA or bike retailer ever advised one way or the other that I’m aware of. And no, bikes status as vehicles wasn’t either.

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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-runners-who/771725/24 "2016-11-14T12:22:02Z")

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> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#):
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> In some states, yes, if both streets are one-way and your turn would not put you traveling the wrong way on a one-way street. I would wager this is true in most states where “right on red after stop” is legal unless otherwise posted.

I’m waiting to get a ticket for this in the wrong state, but here in Michigan you only have to be turning onto a one way road. It doesn’t matter if you’re on a one way road or not.

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-runners-who/771725/25 "2016-11-14T12:37:17Z")

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In Indiana you can make a left on red from a one-way street onto a one-way street but you can’t do it from a two-way street onto a one-way street.

U-turns are legal here, too.

I always worry I’m going to make an illegal turn in a state that does not allow U-turns or turns on red.

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