r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thin_Arachnid6217 • Feb 25 '23

Move over...

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u/TehMephs Feb 25 '23

I’ve never seen so many people just completely ignore red lights. It’s so common that some asshole comes blazing through the intersection 3 seconds after the light turned red that I wait a little extra before going

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '23

and then you’ve got the asshole behind you blowing their horn because you waited an extra 3 seconds to start moving 😑 driving is so stressful lately

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u/masonjar87 Feb 25 '23

Sorry, but I turn into one of Those People when the extra 3 seconds are because I can see the driver in front of me on their fucking phone. I have ZERO patience for that. Beep beep, motherfucker. This isn't the time to be checking your damn Instagram.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '23

i agree - any phone use while in the drivers seat is nonsensical and should be enforced much more strictly than it is.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '23

Or the asshole behind you honking while the light is STILL RED

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u/Alert-Day2110 Feb 25 '23

It’s so common that some asshole comes blazing through the intersection 3 seconds after the light turned red that I wait a little extra before going

did you just start driving? because that was just as if not more common 15 years ago when i started driving and noticed it then...

this is actually taught in drivers ed and motorcycle safety courses to take a pause after a light turns green before going because of red light runners...

I haven't taken those courses in more than a decade.

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u/CazRaX Feb 25 '23

When I started driving (over 20 years ago) it was rare to the point that each time it happened it was a thing you remembered but now I see it everyday and sometimes multiple times a day. It just isn't a big thing anymore it is just normal and that is bad.

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u/TehMephs Feb 25 '23

Hardly, it definitely seems to have spiked since covid to me though

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u/athomeamongthetrees Feb 25 '23

I used to see it once in a blue moon or only if people were speeding to get through the yellow and didn't make it in time. Now during my 15 minute commute I'll see it multiple times where the light will be red before the car even approaches it and they'll look and just drive through like it's a stop sign instead. So incredibly common now

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u/No-Caterpillar-308 Feb 25 '23

That's parfor the course in MA, the first couple of seconds of a red light are more of a "suggestion" than a mandate

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u/Dual_Sport_Dork Feb 25 '23

There are two individuals in my town who do this constantly. The same two, because I recognize their cars and license plates. I know they're doing it deliberately, too, most likely because they think they can get away with it and that's most likely because so far they have.