I've been lightly hit a few times because of people like that.
I've also almost been hit by people ignoring the stop line and stopping abruptly in the crosswalk area immediately in front of me.
Thus, there are 50 different sets of these laws, plus DC. Any similarities between them may be nothing more than incidental.
> The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 required in §362(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. 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.
Also a good number of states prohibit right-on-red by default when the red light is in the shape of an arrow.
It is exactly the opposite within the confines of New York City[0], where right on red is expressly prohibited, unless a sign says otherwise.
[0] https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/ssi09_rightonred....
