The law does allow you to take the intersection absent a red arrow. Once you've taken the intersection one can make your turn when it is safe to do so regardless of the color of the light.

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GA CODE 40-6-205. Obstructing intersection

No driver shall enter an intersection unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.

You can not enter the intersection, even if the light is a green circle, unless you have room to proceed through the intersection. That being said: if you enter the intersection when the light is a green circle, you have an obligation to clear the intersection, but you CAN be charged with failing to comply with traffic control device (depending on the circumstances) or obstructing an intersection.

to clarify further: if your still hanging out in the middle of the intersection after the light changes you can be charged with obstructing an intersection because it was not clear for you to proceed into the intersection in the first place regardless of the green light.

same goes for those who pull out into the middle of an uncontrolled intersection(no light) and hang out between the median and the road.

the blocking of an intersection, ie not being able to complete the turn due to traffic backed up to the intersection going in the same direction you are trying to turn....at least that is the way I read it.

I've NEVER seen a person ticketed for filling an intersection, then turning when the light went red...COP CARS do it all the time. Obviously, a red arrow would make this illegal..

"COP CARS do it all the time"

So does everyone else on the planet, that's why you don't see to many tickets for it.

I suspect not very many are cited for this. Another VC not cited is
40-8-6. It states that it's unlawful to alter the suspension system of any private passenger motor vehicle which may be operated on any public street or highway more than two inches above or below the factory recommendation for any such vehicle. When was the last time anyone got cited for that?

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Most people dont know that your required to stop every time you leave a private road and entering a public one. That means you technically have to stop every time pull out of your driveway.

I suspect there are lots of laws people dont know, or there wouldnt be so many people on here complaining

in Fayetteville and the green light at the SR 92/85 intersection says you can go.
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True that is.

You know if this stuff is this complicated something is wrong!

My understanding is that there is a sign nearly everywhere to tell one what to do! If you don't have a squaller and a light on your car read the signs.

If there isn't, take the time to let the other fellow go.

why some right hand turn pockets have "Yeild" signs and others don't? There is no consistency.
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I've noticed that too. It just doesn't make any sense to me.
I always thought that if you're making a right hand turn and someone from the opposite direction is turning left at the same time, the person turning left had to wait for the person turning right. I thought that yeild signs were for turning right, into traffic, such as from Peachtree Pkwy. onto Hwy 74., but I've noticed yeild signs randomly placed, just for making a right hand turn, and as you stated, there is no consistency.

If a yield sign is at an intersection with a traffic light, you must yield to the oncoming traffic turning left.
If there is no solid white line on the pavement or if there is a line of triangles you may make your turn without stopping when the signal is red.
If there is a solid white line you must stop before turning right on red, despite the conflicting yield sign.

Clear as mud?

We are referring to uncontrolled intersections.
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My guess its a safety thing that has no rhyme or reason. The law states in a nutshell: If your have a yield sign, you must yield regardless if you would normally have the right away or not.

I think its stupid too.