Getting stuck in a right-turn only lane can be a serious inconvenience, but getting out of it may even be more so for others.

Robert Gilson from Casselberry asks this week ...

“Is it legal to travel straight across an intersection from a lane with a right turn only arrow like the intersection of South Winter Park Drive and Red Bug Lake Road for example?”

For residents of Casselberry, the intersection of Red Bug Lake Road and State Road 436 has been greatly improved thanks to the recent addition of the flyover bridge in early 2014.

That doesn't mean the intersection doesn't still have its problems.

For example, attached to that intersection is the intersection of Winter Park Drive and State Road 436. It is a Northbound only road south of Red Bug Lake Road, with three lanes. One lane continues north through the intersection, while the other two are right turn only lanes that head eastbound.

"The solid white lines are down there," said Cmdr. William Nas of the Casselberry Police Department. “They are used to regulate traffic that's moving in the same direction. You should not change lanes on a solid white line unless it's to avoid a hazard. And the reason those solid white lines are put in is to discourage the changing of lanes within an intersection."

Robert also has a concern with the safety of this area, with those cars that are merging into that straight only lane from the right turn only lanes. He's saying the lack of concern that others are showing are causing several near-misses in the area.

So that begs the question, ‘What should you do if you need to make a quick maneuver?’ Officials said don't make it.

"The best approach is that if you find yourself in the wrong lane for safety is to proceed through the intersection to the other side and then make a U-turn or turn off a different spot to get back to where you need to be rather than change lanes, which is going to increase your chances of a side swipe collision," said Nas.

You would expect a violation for an improper lane change, but there are actually several traffic citations you could receive for suddenly changing lanes at the intersection, especially among other cars.

"For example, the violation of a traffic control device, because the painted line is a traffic control device,” said Nas. “It could be a careless driving, given the circumstances and nature of the manner in which the lane change was made. There are a lot of different statutes that it might apply. It's really fact specific, case by case."

Thanks for your question Robert!

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