Red right turn signal
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I'm posting this here mostly because I think Juniper lives in the area and might have an opinion on it. Here's the situation:

The city of Medford has recently added a signal light to the intersection of hwy 99, (N. Pacific Hwy), and Table Rock Rd. The intersection has had a signal light for years but the new addition is an illuminated red right turn light as you go north on 99 and wish to turn right on Table Rock. I see similar lights here and there but I'm less clear on whether it okay to make the turn if it's clear. Common sense says that they went out of their way to put up the red light arrow to make sure that no one makes that turn while it is lit. But everyone is ignoring it. It is even sometimes lit red when the people going straight on 99 have a green. I suspect it is to keep people from turning when there are peds in the crosswalk but this is not always true. 

A somewhat similar situation is when you are coming out of the area behind Olive Garden and trying to turn right onto 62 from Delta Waters. There are 2 right turn lanes and those 2 lanes have their own signals separate from the signals to the traffic going straight across.

So what do you think is ok? Can we turn right on red if it's clear no matter what? Even if the right arrow is red? I think that they should have to post signs clearly stating that there are no right turns on red. But what I think doesn't exactly matter to the cops.
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Red right turn signal - by GCG - 06-26-2019, 05:04 PM
RE: Red right turn signal - by Juniper - 06-26-2019, 05:55 PM
RE: Red right turn signal - by GCG - 06-26-2019, 06:39 PM
RE: Red right turn signal - by Juniper - 06-26-2019, 09:38 PM
RE: Red right turn signal - by GCG - 06-27-2019, 08:33 AM
RE: Red right turn signal - by GPnative - 06-27-2019, 08:52 AM
RE: Red right turn signal - by Cuzz - 06-27-2019, 10:31 AM
RE: Red right turn signal - by GPnative - 06-27-2019, 11:54 AM
RE: Red right turn signal - by Cuzz - 06-27-2019, 05:48 PM
RE: Red right turn signal - by bbqboy - 06-27-2019, 09:10 AM
RE: Red right turn signal - by Juniper - 06-27-2019, 01:27 PM

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