The utter stupidity of allowing drivers to turn right on red lights is the hill I will die on. Probably literally.
It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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December 12, 2024 at 3:34 PM
The utter stupidity of allowing drivers to turn right on red lights is the hill I will die on. Probably literally.
It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Ban Right Turn on Red! Vehicles treat it as a Yield or Slip lane - when it’s a stop! 🛑 #banrtor
“Right turn on red saves gas!”
<every driver sits in their car with it idling for 30 mins poking at their phone every chance they get>
<every driver sits in their car with it idling for 30 mins poking at their phone every chance they get>
March 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ban Right Turn on Red! Vehicles treat it as a Yield or Slip lane - when it’s a stop! 🛑 #banrtor
Make eye contact, they said.
We promise you'll be ok, they said.
I've had a request in to @ncdot.bsky.social to #BanRTOR at this spot for months.
We need more analysis, they said.
Here's your &$*%ing analysis.
#SoundOn to hear me shouting "ARE YOU LOOKING?!" with increasing volume
We promise you'll be ok, they said.
I've had a request in to @ncdot.bsky.social to #BanRTOR at this spot for months.
We need more analysis, they said.
Here's your &$*%ing analysis.
#SoundOn to hear me shouting "ARE YOU LOOKING?!" with increasing volume
March 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Make eye contact, they said.
We promise you'll be ok, they said.
I've had a request in to @ncdot.bsky.social to #BanRTOR at this spot for months.
We need more analysis, they said.
Here's your &$*%ing analysis.
#SoundOn to hear me shouting "ARE YOU LOOKING?!" with increasing volume
We promise you'll be ok, they said.
I've had a request in to @ncdot.bsky.social to #BanRTOR at this spot for months.
We need more analysis, they said.
Here's your &$*%ing analysis.
#SoundOn to hear me shouting "ARE YOU LOOKING?!" with increasing volume
Another ride around Autowa, another threat from someone starting a right turn on red without looking. Broad daylight and he didn't see two people on a tandem bike coming towards the intersection. Just wait your turn for your turn. (loud noise warning: bike horn) #BanRTOR #ottbike
August 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I have an open request to NCDOT to install a 'no right on red' sign here. They're looking into it, collecting data to determine whether saving lives won't cause too much of an inconvenience for a fewl of drivers.
Even if they agree, this shouldn't be case-by-case.
#BanRTOR everywhere, by default.
Even if they agree, this shouldn't be case-by-case.
#BanRTOR everywhere, by default.
December 12, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I have an open request to NCDOT to install a 'no right on red' sign here. They're looking into it, collecting data to determine whether saving lives won't cause too much of an inconvenience for a fewl of drivers.
Even if they agree, this shouldn't be case-by-case.
#BanRTOR everywhere, by default.
Even if they agree, this shouldn't be case-by-case.
#BanRTOR everywhere, by default.
TL;DR: Ban Right Turns on Red so fewer people get squashed or almost squashed.
#RTOR #BanRTOR #VisionZero
heads up: mild but warranted adult language 👇
#RTOR #BanRTOR #VisionZero
heads up: mild but warranted adult language 👇
What does all this look like in real time?
I'm glad you asked!
Here's one minute, as promised, of why our truly harebrained practice of letting drivers turn right on red needs to effing end. (9)
urbanists.video/w/iM2tp6GQFb...
I'm glad you asked!
Here's one minute, as promised, of why our truly harebrained practice of letting drivers turn right on red needs to effing end. (9)
urbanists.video/w/iM2tp6GQFb...
One minute of RTOR nonsense
Video montage of clips, taken from a cyclist's perspective, of drivers blocking crosswalks in order to turn right on a red light.
urbanists.video
September 19, 2024 at 7:40 PM
TL;DR: Ban Right Turns on Red so fewer people get squashed or almost squashed.
#RTOR #BanRTOR #VisionZero
heads up: mild but warranted adult language 👇
#RTOR #BanRTOR #VisionZero
heads up: mild but warranted adult language 👇
Shocker! (not)
New study confirms: Right turn on red is bad for people walking and biking. #banRTOR
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/right-t...
New study confirms: Right turn on red is bad for people walking and biking. #banRTOR
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/right-t...
Right turns on red puts pedestrians at risk, Mineta study says
A 1970s-era federal law requires states to allow right turns on red lights. Mineta Transportation Institute researchers say it’s time to change that.
www.smartcitiesdive.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Shocker! (not)
New study confirms: Right turn on red is bad for people walking and biking. #banRTOR
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/right-t...
New study confirms: Right turn on red is bad for people walking and biking. #banRTOR
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/right-t...
See also heading north on Churchill into Scott. Dedicated light, signage, and No Right Turn on red. I nearly get taken out EVERY f**king day heading south and turning left. #BanRTOR
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
See also heading north on Churchill into Scott. Dedicated light, signage, and No Right Turn on red. I nearly get taken out EVERY f**king day heading south and turning left. #BanRTOR
I'd be more accepting of beg buttons if I had confidence that I would actually have the right of way when I cross, and not still have my head on a swivel. I'll acquiesce to the buttons for banning the right turn on red! #BanRTOR
March 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'd be more accepting of beg buttons if I had confidence that I would actually have the right of way when I cross, and not still have my head on a swivel. I'll acquiesce to the buttons for banning the right turn on red! #BanRTOR