[Tagging] "no right turn on red" tagging?

[John Willis]

Javbw
> On Jul 3, 2016, at 1:06 AM, Johnparis <okosm at johnfreed.com> wrote:
> 
> Are you seriously suggesting that virtually every single traffic signal in the United States be tagged with "right turn permitted on red after stop"


Might need to make this an admin level setting - 99.9999 percent of all traffic signals in Japan are Always "no (left) turn on red" - I have seen maybe one or two in 10 years. This of course is the opposite of the US, where there are a few "no (right) turn on red" signals scattered around (1%?) at major bothersome / dangerous intersections. 

The signal type that really bothers me in Japan is their "red light with green arrows" - meaning the green arrow direction has the opposing traffic stopped, similar to a "red signal+green left turn arrow" in the US  - but imagine that for a "straight" green arrow - a "stop" red light with a "go" green arrow! - Or three "left right straight" green arrows *with a giant red light*!" It confused the hell out of me when I first saw it. This also means that the other directions without a green arrow cannot move (so no left or right turns (below example) regardless, until the red light goes away and a green signal appears or your own arrow is green. 

These are the "1%" signals in Japan - not so many, but often enough to be noticed daily. 

(Sorry I can't make the link smaller) 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kiryu+By-pass,+6+Chome+Hirosawachō,+Kiryū-shi,+Gunma-ken+376-0013,+Japan/@36.3727198,139.3520262,3a,66.8y,119.28h,90.24t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s5hMLyUDJ0lfja58QfYFEDQ!2e0!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x601e6085c836ae59:0xd799356889717292!2sGunma+Prefecture,+Japan!3m1!1s0x601ee1c490a03e09:0x6e074449b67a58c



Javbw.