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| Prometheus Xex |
I don't know what's up in your part of the world, but here in the Toronto area I've noticed that more and more ppl are running red lights. It's ing getting outta control. I can't go anywhere without someone running a red light. I've seen near collisions too many times. Many lights are completely red before the car is at the intersection.
What's it like where you are? |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by Prometheus Xex
I don't know what's up in your part of the world, but here in the Toronto area I've noticed that more and more ppl are running red lights. It's ing getting outta control. I can't go anywhere without someone running a red light. I've seen near collisions too many times. Many lights are completely red before the car is at the intersection.
What's it like where you are? |
DC can be bad too - especially when they run the light but don't have any room to go past the intersection, so they end up just easing into the middle of the intersection in the middle of a red, completely blocking the road going the perpendicular direction. |
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| SuspicionVandit |
I see it a lot.
I tend to rev my engine high up when I see it happen, although I should probably stop that. |
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| Prometheus Xex |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
DC can be bad too - especially when they run the light but don't have any room to go past the intersection, so they end up just easing into the middle of the intersection in the middle of a red, completely blocking the road going the perpendicular direction. |
Oh that ing drives me up the wall. I'm thinking like "HELLO you didn't know the light was going to change? And the cars aren't moving in front of you?".
Idiots! |
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| inconspicuous |
| morons everywhere are doing it more & more. they've even changed some of the lights here so there's almost a 10-second delay of all-reds, to accommodate these geniuses. |
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| Ghost Raver |
Thankfully I don't see that happening too often here, but I live in a pretty small city so it would worry me if it happened here often. I almost got hit by a car once when the driver didn't care about the freaking lights, that was when I was so young that I though that the green light automatically means that I can walk across the street.. My mother was there to shout at me not to go and further and the car went from probably 20 cm from me so it was a pretty good close call. Ah, once even got hit by one idiot who just didn't want to stop to the red lights, ing idiots.
I can never understand why people would break that rule. Sometimes people are in a hurry and want to get somewhere as fast as possible, but I don't think it's anywhere near to worth it running the red lights. There's very few situations when I could understand and accept a little bit of breaking that rule, can't think of anything right now though..
I just hate cars sometimes :( Ironically I'm getting a driver's license in a month or so. |
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| JD8180 |
i live in miami... i'm used to it here :o
the main thing that happens a lot are the green arrows to turn left. in some intersections literally after like 8 seconds the green arrow turns red is when cars stop turning. |
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| Frenchie |
It is bad here.
I've noticed a longer yellow light lately or maybe it's just me. I think I ran one red light, ever, since I've been driving. |
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| Wicked Neo |
| In the UK, a lot of lights have and have had for some time, Red Light Cameras, so if some twat jumps a red light, the camera grabs their number plate (license plate) and automaticly sends them a fine and puts points on their license (12 points and its a license suspension) |
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| barbina |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wicked Neo
In the UK, a lot of lights have and have had for some time, Red Light Cameras, so if some twat jumps a red light, the camera grabs their number plate (license plate) and automaticly sends them a fine and puts points on their license (12 points and its a license suspension) |
we have those. i got a ticket for it once, but it was totally undeserved. i was waiting in the intersection to turn [[i wasnt in a line, i was the only one]] and when it went yellow people started to stop so i could finally turn and BAM ticket. |
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| noikeee |
It's not a problem here.
Hardly ever ran a red light, only if it changes to red when i'm going through. But I immediately stop when I see a yellow light almost all the time.
The chance of running over people or hitting other cars is simply not worth the bunch of seconds you gain, except for very extreme situations. |
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| nefardec |
In Rome....
all the time lol
you do not want to drive here very much
I had a motorbike accident a few weeks ago and I'm still having dental reconstruction. |
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