#ITE (the Institute of Transportation Engineers) began recommending #RTOR (right turn on red) as a fuel saving measure in 1986. ITE rescinded that guidance in September 2019, writing:
"The existing [recommendation] fails to provide a sufficiently robust analysis of the impacts, especially with regards to the potential impacts on the safety of #pedestrians using #crosswalks."
ITE's full statement on rescinding the RTOR recommendation:
https://www.ite.org/pub/?id=B59F0054-B3AE-FD5C-81E5-62E18920B5DC
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@mkaatman it'll be decades before all vehicles on the roads are automated, and until then, we can't have different rules for different vehicles. it'd be absolute mayhem.
when we do get there, lights may be obsolete (for better or worse). until then, we must design with the least attentive driver in mind.