Some Newsday readers wrote letters to Newsday regarding the red light camera situation and made some interesting points. Joy Ottaviano of Garden City said she stopped at a light, then proceeded to make a right on red. Eventually he was mailed a ticket, and a clerk told him he was required to stop at the light for a minimum of 3 seconds.
I’ve never heard of that, has anyone else?
yes you have to make the 3 second stop before making a right on red. That is if no signs are posted stating otherwise.
This is from NYS drivers manual which can be found at
http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/dmanual/chapter04-manual.htm#tra-sig
Good point Bob, it doesn’t say anything there about a 3 second rule.
Taking your idea, I checked the NY State Vehicle and Traffic Law website. It doesn’t have all the details but it seems to have covered what we’re talking about, and it doesn’t say anything about a 3 second rule either:
http://www.safeny.ny.gov/trde-vt.htm