Originally Posted by
sggoodri
At major/minor road intersections with signal failure, I've seen the major road traffic assume right of way over the side street and just barrel through. It appears to be a herd mentality of drivers copying other drivers rather than isolated motorists doing this.
Pretty much this. The major street just keeps barreling.
A couple months ago we had a power outage that took out the traffic lights on a half-mile stretch of Colfax (the like busiest arterial in Denver). It was freaking crazy trying to cross on a bicycle. The drivers just barreled through the lights with no regard to anyone else.