AmyFOX

C-----I'm assuming there is a red stop sign at the right turn intersection----so the driver in the vehicle turning right waits until the lane is clear.

Definately the person turning right has the right of way. I use to be a safety MNGr for a transportation company and use to teach driving skills classes. Mityhid is right.

The exception is what Fox6fan said.

If the right turn lane splits off and has a yield, stop sign or red light then they have to ensure it is clear before they proceed in making the right turn - even to someone making a left form the on-coming traffic lane.

Well, according to Section Subchapter III of the state traffic law, 346.18 (http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/Stat0346.pdf)>
(2) TURNING LEFT AT INTERSECTION. The operator of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left across the path of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction shall yield the right-of-way to such vehicle.

(6) RIGHT-OF-WAY WHERE YIELD SIGN INSTALLED. The operator of a vehicle, when approaching any intersection at which has been installed a yield sign, shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection from an intersecting highway or which are approaching so closely on the intersecting highway as to constitute a hazard of collision and, if necessary, shall reduce speed or stop in order to so yield.

So it would seem that the person turning right has the right of way ahead of a left turner, UNLESS the right turn has a posted yield sign, in which case I believe the left turner has the right of way.

whew. i was hoping it wasn't me who thought the person turning right has the right of way!!! in all situations, it was a green light, no yield sign, i was turning right and the person turning left was being, well, *insert bad word here*...

The one turning right..........the one turning left is intersecting (crossing lines of) traffic, the one on the right is staying in the line of traffic.