Right Turn on Red

Rickboy said
Most countries haven’t allowed right on red in… I’m not sure they ever allowed it. The United States is the exception to the rest of the world. I couldn’t do it when driving in Japan..

We live in a country of amateur drivers. We used to teach driving safety in high schools but they got rid of that even before I got to that age. In other countries you have to go through a fairly rigorous process to get a license. In Japan you have to take a mandatory driving school that includes 40 hours of driving. Heck, in the USA, you can get a Pilots license with 40 hours. I’m sure the Japanese appreciated that US Service members could start driving there after a 4 hour class. 😂

Same in Denmark..

First you need to pass an exam to even start driving school to show that you know the signs and the laws. And it is kind of tough and includes images where you have 10 seconds to decide the right action in the displayed image (and yes they can be tricky - A child in the corner of the image can result in a different action than the obvious first instictive one. 3 strikes and you are out.

Then you need to have a least 30 hours on the road with a coach and finally pass a 60 minutes driving test in trafic and you can be sure that the examinator is going to make you drive through all the worst trafic spots in your area during that hour

Turn on red is not allowed and you better have patience - even at 2 am when there are no other cars on the road and the light stays red for minutes ..