What are the rules for driving on Mass. roads?

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Getting used to the traffic rules in a new place has its challenges.

This begs the question: what should drivers know before getting behind the wheel in Massachusetts? According to a recent thread on Redditthe different traffic rules here can be surprising.

“I really don’t know how to feel about this as one of the few safe drivers in this city (coming from the state). Seeing people do this gives me such anxiety when there is heavy traffic/pedestrians/bikes in the crosswalk” , one Reddit user wrote.

Turn left on red if you’re exiting a one-way street and turning onto another one-way, you’re turning right on red with the red arrow, and even being able to drive in the stop lane is allowed depending on where and when you’re driving in the state.

“Not only is it legal, you feel like a bad man doing it,” another user wrote.

However, turning right on red looks different when traveling through Cambridge.

In 2022 Cambridge City Council passed an order prohibits turning right on red at all intersections in an effort to eliminate “all traffic fatalities and serious injuries,” which specified in the insurance policy. This decision was inspired by Zero vision initiative, a global collaboration that aims to make the roads safer through traffic law reform with the common goal of reducing driving-related accidents.

Along with Cambridge, Washington DC, New York City and Ann Arbor, Michigan have also implemented the “No Turn on Red” rule in some parts of their cities.

We want to know: What should drivers in Mass. know about the traffic rules? What is it that you wish you knew before driving here for the first time?

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