Don't run red lights.
09-27-09, 11:00 PM
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Don't run red lights.
09-27-09, 11:46 PM
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That's stupid. Many areas of the US permit motorvehicles (and by extension us) to proceed if safe, when the light is unresponsive or malfunctioning.
He came to a complete stop. He didn't 'run' the light
He came to a complete stop. He didn't 'run' the light
09-27-09, 11:49 PM
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Malfunctioning light and a light not changing the moment you approach it are not the same thing.
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It is LEGAL to go on a red after waiting through three light cycles without triggering the light on a bycicle or motorcycle......
09-28-09, 01:22 AM
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I saw this earlier today on Gizmodo.
It's hard to pause it at the right moment but the reaction on the guy's face at the moment of impact is priceless.
Also, I fall into the camp of not running red lights unless it is truly non-responsive (ie: failure to trip the induction loop sensor). Oddly enough, here in Washington that is still not legal grounds to proceed.
Anyway, that was a cute commercial. It ranks right up there with the UK bicycle awareness advert that asks you to count how many basketball passes occur in 15 seconds.
It's hard to pause it at the right moment but the reaction on the guy's face at the moment of impact is priceless.
Also, I fall into the camp of not running red lights unless it is truly non-responsive (ie: failure to trip the induction loop sensor). Oddly enough, here in Washington that is still not legal grounds to proceed.
Anyway, that was a cute commercial. It ranks right up there with the UK bicycle awareness advert that asks you to count how many basketball passes occur in 15 seconds.
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I saw this earlier today on Gizmodo.
It's hard to pause it at the right moment but the reaction on the guy's face at the moment of impact is priceless.
Also, I fall into the camp of not running red lights unless it is truly non-responsive (ie: failure to trip the induction loop sensor). Oddly enough, here in Washington that is still not legal grounds to proceed.
Anyway, that was a cute commercial. It ranks right up there with the UK bicycle awareness advert that asks you to count how many basketball passes occur in 15 seconds.
It's hard to pause it at the right moment but the reaction on the guy's face at the moment of impact is priceless.
Also, I fall into the camp of not running red lights unless it is truly non-responsive (ie: failure to trip the induction loop sensor). Oddly enough, here in Washington that is still not legal grounds to proceed.
Anyway, that was a cute commercial. It ranks right up there with the UK bicycle awareness advert that asks you to count how many basketball passes occur in 15 seconds.
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i'm traumatised.
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I've actually seen this a couple times: a traffic light leading out of a parking lot doesn't have a sensor (I don't know why), though the major street it feeds onto has sensors in both directions. I pulled up to the non-sensored light and watched the cross-traffic lights go yellow, then red (presumably on a timer), and then back to green when well-timed a crossing car approaches the light (triggered by the sensor?), without my light ever turning green.
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that film was very disturbing I may need counceling.
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It appears that he came to a complete stop and looked both ways before proceeding into the intersection. What's the problem?
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Except when it was broken - only once, fortunately. I watched the lights change three times without giving me a green, so I proceeded through the red. This was pretty scary, since the traffic there goes about 50-60 mph, and the gap I had was pretty small.
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09-28-09, 07:13 PM
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Yeah, that makes sense, but it leaves me wondering am I screwed at this intersection on my morning commute with a 2 cycle light? At 5:50am, there is rarely a car at that intersection, so I could wait for a long time.
I've actually seen this a couple times: a traffic light leading out of a parking lot doesn't have a sensor (I don't know why), though the major street it feeds onto has sensors in both directions. I pulled up to the non-sensored light and watched the cross-traffic lights go yellow, then red (presumably on a timer), and then back to green when well-timed a crossing car approaches the light (triggered by the sensor?), without my light ever turning green.
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For the California folks: I dare someone to find in the CVC where it specifies the number of cycles it takes to determine when malfunctioning or unresponsive... Might be there for Motor vehicles but I think there's a clause for Motorcycles/bicycles? (Mostly because I'm lazy and don't feel like proving myself wrong...)
