If I see you compromising public safety because you think you’re above the rules we set in place to keep our communities safe, then I’m calling you worse things than thundertwat.
Yellow means stop if you can. It’s not permission to drive recklessly in order to save yourself a minute of time.
Also, that red light camera over there has a hair trigger.
I’ll never understand what part of driving a 2-ton metal machine makes people think you’re an asshole for not doing it recklessly enough
I’m in no rush to be anywhere, anytime. If my caution and safety are a detriment to your schedule, that’s your problem. Maybe you should leave with more time to get wherever you’re going safely instead of trying to rush the yellow lights and put everyone else’s lives at risk.
This. Yellow means stop if you can (edit: if you can safely)
Yellow means it’s turning red. Beyond that the safest way to treat it is how everyone else in the area treats it. It’s like what I tell my stepson, it’s better to be predictable than right. There’s a lot of dead pedestrians and cyclists that had the right of way.
Agreed that predictability is the priority on the road. But people shouldn’t be expecting everyone to rush through yellows with disregard either.
As a driver should be expecting it, but not upset when they don’t.
As a pedestrian you have to expect it, and be pleasantly surprised when they do.
I had two different instances of a yellow light.
I was approaching an intersection and someone made their left slowly in front of me causing me to slow down as I approached and I kept going cause it was turning yellow and could still make it and got honked like hell.
Next day I saw a light turning yellow well ahead of me so I applied the brake early because it’s like a 70(km/h) to signal that I’m going to stop and then stopped before crossing. The person behind me didn’t anticipate that and turned at the last second to just miss rear-ending me. My brake lights were active for a hell of a long time so I’m not sure what they were doing.
I say both of these stories because I hate driving in general…
I have been an aggressive driver in the past, but I’ve gotta say that some serious time in developing nations has really chilled me the fuck out.
One coworker said his commute was his favourite time of day, because he just putters along at 20mph on his scooter and feels at peace with the world … I could use that in my life :-)
The universal opposition to running yellow lights in these comments is hilariously awesome.
I identify as a motherfucking thundertwat
At least in my country and I suspect many others, yellow / amber mean “stop if it’s safe to do so”, effectively the same as a red light.
The belief in American Exceptionalism isn’t exclusive to how we perceive ourselves on the global stage. It’s just as potent domestically within our society. We inherently see ourselves as better than any and all plebeian NPCs around us and above any rules established to keep our communities safe. It’s the definition of toxic individualism and the single most deadly sin of American society.
Do you pay my insurance? No? Then get fucked.
Yellow means stop; but you don’t get a fine in case you can’t stop safely.
Red means stop; if you’re in the intersection for even 1/100th of a second you can get fined.
Funnily enough you do get a fine over here, if the police catch you and it would’ve been safe to stop.
It’s a whopping 10€.
Yellow lights are for 3-6 seconds. That’s also around the time it takes to come to a stop, depending on the speed of the vehicle. And you should give the vehicle ahead of you about 3 seconds of lead time. So if they have enough time to stop before reaching the intersection, you almost certainly wouldn’t have had enough time to follow them through while it’s still yellow unless they slammed their brakes or you are riding their ass.
This isn’t the real crime. The real crime is going slow enough we both could have made it, then accelerating when you see it turn yellow so only you get through the light.
Yellow doesnt mean speed up, its means stop. If you drive like an asshole, call me whatever you want. I dont care what assholes think of me.
But… But but but but…
Why don’t you want to get T-boned for my convenience…?
If you plant your front bumper up their tailpipe and floor it, you can both make it.
You’re welcome.
Bah! You’ll be fine, just speed to the next light.
How long does a stop light take? Three minutes? Look at your damn phone, that’s all you’re going to do when you get wherever you’re going, anyway.
Yeah the only time you’re not supposed to stop on yellow is if it comes on while you’re too close to stop safely, it’s still a stop signal, it’s just the one that gives you a margin if you’re already going. Also you should be preparing to stop at traffic lights anyway. If it stays green then great.
Nice try, Liza. Fuck your car in particular
