Issued citation......

[Ed W]

Tulsa has been having a rash of shootings and the cops focus manpower on red light and traffic nonsense.

The number of deaths resulting from homicides or traffic crashes is roughly the same in Tulsa, and since TPD has a responsibility to protect the lives of all the public, it's important that they devote resources to traffic law enforcement.  Drive fast and you get a ticket.  Drive drunk and you go to jail.  Killing someone with a vehicle is no different from pulling the trigger of a hand gun.  We'd have little sympathy for someone using a firearm in an irresponsible manner that resulted in death or injury. Why should it be any different for an irresponsible driver? 

[nathanm]

A "Rolling Stop" is sometimes called a "California Stop".. I heard the cops are doing a crack down on red light runners

Good. Red light runners are a bane on all our existence. If you enter the intersection on red, you deserve a hefty fine.

and are now putting a focus on left turners, issuing tickets if your too far out in the intersection and finish your left turn when the light goes red- I don't get that, your supposed to complete your turn you have to yeild to the on coming vehicles.

This is not awesome, and mainly serves to confuse drivers from other places where that is how you make a left turn at a busy intersection. I'd be interested to know exactly what Oklahoma law has to say on the subject.

[Conan71]

Good. Red light runners are a bane on all our existence. If you enter the intersection on red, you deserve a hefty fine.

This is not awesome, and mainly serves to confuse drivers from other places where that is how you make a left turn at a busy intersection. I'd be interested to know exactly what Oklahoma law has to say on the subject.

IIRC, the law states you are not to enter the intersection unless you are continuing on with a turn or moving straight ahead.  In other words, no parking in the intersection for any length of time.  May have changed at some point, but that's what it was at some point back.  I'm in my late 40's I have occasional mentalpause.

[Townsend]

IIRC, the law states you are not to enter the intersection unless you are continuing on with a turn or moving straight ahead.  In other words, no parking in the intersection for any length of time.  May have changed at some point, but that's what it was at some point back.  I'm in my late 40's I have occasional mentalpause.

You can get a ticket for running a green light in some places.  If you do not give the person stuck in the intersection enough time to go after their light turns red, you can be ticketed.

No, I do not know where.  The radio people told me about it.

[sauerkraut]

Good. Red light runners are a bane on all our existence. If you enter the intersection on red, you deserve a hefty fine.

This is not awesome, and mainly serves to confuse drivers from other places where that is how you make a left turn at a busy intersection. I'd be interested to know exactly what Oklahoma law has to say on the subject.

They have said on the news that you can't enter the intersection if the light turns yellow, and they say you can't complete your left turn if the light turns red as you wait for traffic to clear. I don't get that one. Lately Tulsa has been having alot of shootings and the cops are busy writting tickets.

[custosnox]

IIRC, the law states you are not to enter the intersection unless you are continuing on with a turn or moving straight ahead.  In other words, no parking in the intersection for any length of time.  May have changed at some point, but that's what it was at some point back.  I'm in my late 40's I have occasional mentalpause.

The way I have understood it for years is do not enter into the intersection unless you can turn left.  What the law says is

Title 47. Motor Vehicles
    Chapter 11 - Rules of the Road
        Article Article 6 - Turning, Starting, and Signals on Turning and Stopping
        Section 11-601 - Required Position and Method of Turning at Intersections



The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:

2. Left turns. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at an intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle. After entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection, as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered. Whenever practicable, when leaving a two-way roadway, the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the intersection.