Red light runners in your town?
08-09-06, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by billh
Instead of waiting at the light like another vehicle, the cyclist in question rode back and forth in front of the two lanes of stopped traffic waiting for a break in the cross traffic, which was turning left in front of him with a green turn arrow...
Originally Posted by lyledriver
Every afternoon on my commute, I have to hit about 10 of these buttons in order to cross the major streets. Sure enough, I see at LEAST one person a day, that just doesn't feel like stopping.
Originally Posted by San Rensho
Here in Miami, if the cops were serious about ticketing red light runners, they couldn't print ticket books fast enough to keep up with demand. Its not unusual at lights for 1 to 5 cars who were completely behind the "stop here" line on the road when the light turns red, to barge out and either turn left or proceed straight.
Originally Posted by LittleBigMan
The other morning, I was in a hurry to get to work. As I came to the first 4-way stop in my neighborhood (in the dark,) a car just went right throught the stop sign without even slowing down. I was ticked.
Originally Posted by scottmorrison99
I agree. Just last month, at the intersection 200 yards from home, I got the green light and looked both ways before pulling out. I saw a car not slowing, way back, with plenty of time to stop. Then it actually accelerated.
Originally Posted by nelson249
About the craziest thing I saw was a car passing another in the left hand turn lane in order to run the light. I was waiting to make a right hand turn onto a two lane street at a red light. My light was red but I could see the other light turn amber and then red. A VW Jetta did the right thing and came to a stop at the intersection but the vehicle behind them swerved left, entered the left turn lane and rocketed through at 80 km/h (speed limit was 50). After I completed my turn I saw this same driver mount the sidewalk to get around another car stopped at a red at the next intersection.
Originally Posted by kjmillig
Just two days ago I was driving my gas-guzzler and had just started moving after stopping at a stop sign. I was about to turn left when an teenager ran the stop sign opposite me causing me to hit the brakes, then he yelled out, "That's a stop sign!" ...afterwhich I'm sure his family would have filed suit against me for hurting their poor little baby that was such a well behave child.
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I almost got hit twice on the way to work this morning by a****** 'cyclists running lights or stop signs.
I HATE THEM.
I truly wish the cops would go after them.
One cyclist coming behind me... we're both taking the lane, I'm following a car, we stop at a stop sign, cross traffic doesn't have a sign... Car stops, I stop, there's a truck coming from the right, cyclist goes around us in the other lane (Yes, the oncoming traffic lane), cuts off the truck coming from the right, and the car in front of me, jets across the road and onto the sidewalk on the other side. I catch up with him on the other side of the stadium (he went one way around, I went the other... I got there first) and he comes flying across and cuts me off.
I HATE RED LIGHT RUNNERS. WITH A PASSION.
I HATE THEM.
I truly wish the cops would go after them.
One cyclist coming behind me... we're both taking the lane, I'm following a car, we stop at a stop sign, cross traffic doesn't have a sign... Car stops, I stop, there's a truck coming from the right, cyclist goes around us in the other lane (Yes, the oncoming traffic lane), cuts off the truck coming from the right, and the car in front of me, jets across the road and onto the sidewalk on the other side. I catch up with him on the other side of the stadium (he went one way around, I went the other... I got there first) and he comes flying across and cuts me off.
I HATE RED LIGHT RUNNERS. WITH A PASSION.
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