Saw someone run a red light

Swindler

On my way home tonight I was stopped at a red light in the turn lane waiting to turn left. Saw someone comin up fast behind me and they just blew through the red light in a Cadillac sedan. It hadnt even just turned red either, like it had been red for a few minutes already, it was a long red light. They were probly going 50 or 60 and cars had been going through the intersection right before the car ran the red light. I just thought wow. So that's how that happens. I normally don't think too much about it but now every time I come up to an intersection I'll be thinking about it. I mean that is really scary for sure. That car could've killed someone. It could've been anyone just cruisin through that intersection and just got killed. That is sad.


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Dirk McGurck

Hopefully that individual gets into a single vehicle accident that harms no one else. Unfortunately with all the safety features of modern cars, idiots are being kept alive with little repercussions. If they got banged up a significant amount when they wreck their cars, maybe they'll learn better.

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Billibob22

Lots of sad people out there.. Unfortunately..

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mishuko

the unfortunate part is cars are designed primarily for head on or rear end collisions. the poor car that potentially get t-boned would have suffered horrific damages and injury at the least at those speeds.

2011 Nismo#91

I'm actually surprised when someone actually stops for a red light on my street. But it still pales in comparision to cyclists in NYC.

Nixin

You should travel to some other parts of the world and just observe how people drive. Green lights mean go and red lights mean go faster. Crazy! You don't expect that in North America but it happens all the time.

Lukcas61

Red means go faster in california. Yellow actually means go even faster. A stop sign usually means don't completely stop and just roll on through.

Firebase99

Most parts of Asia, assuming there are traffic signals, they are merely weak suggestions.

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Billibob22

Yep thats the California style stop lol..

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Nixin

It's all fun & games until someone dies. Crazy world we live in.

mishuko

as a cyclist i can attest that we have some real jackasses.

real suicidal jackasses.

2015nismo

Earlier today a Ford focus blew past a redlight as I was turning right. The light for me was green for about 3 seconds, and then WOOSH, the Focus flies by at maybe 70. Had to slam my breaks and take a second. That guy would have killed us all, I thought.

A few lights later I'm beside the guy and there's a car seat in the back seat with a little one inside, I saw the arms moving in the air. All I could do was shake my head in disgust.

There are some really, really stupid people out there.

srbrubak

This happens all the time in CR. When you are sitting at a red light and it goes green, you don't look to see if a car will run the red, you look to see how many run the red. Yes there are a lot of stupid drivers. The sad part is you can't fix stupid.

Swindler

For sure, it's all bad. Im worried about just cruisin through a green light that's been green, guess all I can do is slow down a bit to try an make sure it's clear. Scary stuff.


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Swindler

That makes me so mad that's not even right


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