is it legal to turn right on red in california
Turn on red Right turns on red are permitted in many regions of North America. While Western states have allowed it for more than 50 years;[citation needed] eastern states amended their traffic laws to allow it in the 1970s as a fuel-saving measure in response to motor fuel shortages in 1973. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 required in ยง362(c)(5) that in order for a state to receive federal assistance in developing mandated conservation programs, they must permit right turns on red lights.[2] All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico have allowed right turns on red since 1980, except where prohibited by a sign or where right turns are controlled by dedicated traffic lights. (On January 1, 1980, Massachusetts became the last US state to allow right turns on red.[3]) The few exceptions include New York City,[4] where right turns on red are prohibited, unless a sign indicates otherwise.
Automotive lighting Red steady-burning rear lights, brighter than the rear position lamps, are activated when the driver applies the vehicle's brakes. These are formally called stop lamps in technical standards and regulations [77][78][79][80][81] and in the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, though informally they are sometimes called "brake lights". They are required to be fitted in multiples of two, symmetrically at the left and right edges of the rear of every vehicle.[10][21] International UN regulations specify a range of acceptable intensity for a stop lamp of 60 to 185 candela.[21] In North America where the UN regulations are not recognised, the acceptable range for a single-compartment stop lamp is 80 to 300 candela.[10]