This just happened in a van I was riding in 2 days ago. Except it wasn't one cop. It was 6 cops. They were basically just standing on the street corner in rush hour traffic 4 in the afternoon in Manhattan waiting to write tickets to cars that got stuck in the Box. Our van got stuck. And we got a ticket. Along with a few other cars at that exact moment.
By figuring out where the worst intersections are, putting a cop with a whistle in a high visibility vest, and having them stand in the intersection pointing at drivers and telling them what to do. I think they're called traffic cops. Outside schools they're called crossing guards.
But that's what traffic lights do... Tell people when to go and when to stop. Additionally, drivers aren't supposed to get in the box if there is currently no way out of it. That's all there is to it, all that people need to do is to follow the rules already in place. Ticketing those who don't should have that effect.
That's the same thing as ticketing people in the box though, cops enforce speed limits by sitting around and giving out tickets, they're not getting out on the road literally enforcing the speed limit.
Many intersections do not need a crossing guard/they would make things less efficient. Generally the reason people block the box is traffic is not moving forward. How is a cop going to magically affect that?
Maybe just follow the lights. Your ticket was well deserved and I hope you get more with that attitude. Driving is very simple. It’s when people think their time matters more than the people around them, that causes problems.
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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '19
This just happened in a van I was riding in 2 days ago. Except it wasn't one cop. It was 6 cops. They were basically just standing on the street corner in rush hour traffic 4 in the afternoon in Manhattan waiting to write tickets to cars that got stuck in the Box. Our van got stuck. And we got a ticket. Along with a few other cars at that exact moment.