Originally Posted by
wphamilton
The light turns green, wait a couple of seconds for traffic to clear, the car on my right goes and I go. All good, right? Wrong, don't do that! As soon as we enter the intersection, we're slamming the brakes because some fool is shooting through the red - he must have been going 70. I have unusual reflexes which saved me, but thank God the driver on my left also stopped in time because his car wouldn't have been much of a "shield" if he'd been hit at that speed.
I tend to do this with 1-ton+ duallies and other large vehicles. If anything hits them hard enough to move them several feet to the side, I'll likely be in the mess whether I'm alongside or still hanging back.