This saved my mom just the other day. She sat for an extra second at a green, and the car behind her whipped around to pass her. That car almost got t-boned by the fucking bus that ran the red light. If she had gone as soon as the light turned green, she would have been directly in front of the bus. But she noticed the bus wasn’t slowing down at all, so she waited.
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dan1101@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Gotta look both ways when you have a green light at an intersection too.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Yeah, I never trust that incoming traffic will stop and always make sure they actually are before proceeding.
makyo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah where I live there is this funny obsession with waiting for the walk light and soo many people just step out without looking. Meanwhile you will often literally get people grumbling at you if you walk on a red no matter how clear the street is.
Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This. I do this and it has saved me from folks who said “fuck it.” And ran the red.
toynbee@piefed.social 4 months ago
My brother might be coming the other way!
(It is gratifying that if you do a DDG search for this phrase, the top result is a video of someone running a red light.)