If you think turning right, then making a U-turn, and turning right on red means you’re avoiding a red light, think again. You can be pulled over.
Hillsborough County commuter and Redditor /u/Kvotheraven603 shared headshaking dashcam footage from earlier in January (Jan 15, 2026) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing a Jeep Wrangler driver nearly running a red and then pulling off a slick move to avoid the red light when, in reality, he was really just breaking the rules of the road.
Check out this hare-brained, 4D chess move below with the original Reddit thread linked here.
The incident happened at the intersection of Camp Sargent Rd. and Industrial Drive near the Dunkin Donuts (Exact location on Google Maps linked here.)
As the dashcam shows, OP is driving southbound on Camp Sargent when he gets the yellow and eventual red to slow and come to a stop.
A driver to his left in a Jeep Wrangler didn’t plan to stop but was forced to to avoid t-boning turning traffic.
A full vehicle length over the limit line and technically already running the red, the Wrangler driver doubles down on impatience and busts out the infamous right turn, immediate U-turn, followed by another right turn to circumvent the red light.
This, of course, is against NH’s rules of the road, specifically RSA 265:11-a.
Prohibiting Avoidance of Traffic Signals. – At any traffic control signal or sign, it shall be unlawful for the driver of a motor vehicle to cut across public or private property at or near the intersection which is not a roadway to avoid the traffic control signal or sign. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.
“The first few times they do this, they actually make a right turn, then a U-turn, and then a right turn. Once they are doing it like this, you know they are a habitual offender,” the top comment from /u/TheW83 reads.
“This is straight up just running a red light. The weird trajectory just makes it worse because he didn’t use turn signals,” /u/PouLS_PL accurately adds.
“Cops hate this one weird trick,” /u/g1mpster humorously commented.
In New Hampshire, deliberately cutting across private/public property to avoid a red light falls under the state’s “prohibiting avoidance of traffic signals” law (RSA 265:11-a), which is a violation with a fine (often $62 for a first offense in many local fine schedules). (Marlow NH) Upon conviction of the closely related offense of failure to obey a required traffic control device (which avoidance tickets are typically treated as), you generally get 3 demerit points on your driving record. (law.cornell.edu)
