Cars turn left onto North Temple from State Street in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 25, 2018. According to federal data at the time, 53% of crossing-path crashes involve left turns (compared to only 5.7% involving right turns) and 36% of fatal crashes involving a motorcycle results from a vehicle making a left turn in front of the motorcycle. Additional data show left turns can be three times as fatal to pedestrians and bicyclists as right turns.
Steve Griffin, Deseret News
I’m sure my wife and I are not the only ones who get tired of slamming on the brakes of our car to avoid oncoming cars making a left turn in front of us. Also, some will make a left turn in front of us when there is no car behind us for a block. If an accident occurs, over 99% of the time the driver making the left turn is going to get the traffic ticket. So, please, to all you left turners out there, yield to oncoming traffic.
Stan Jacobson
Ogden