Just yesterday, some fuck in a Honda SUV damn near crashed into me twice.

On my way home from work, I go to this light that has 2 left turning lanes. I go into the far left one. This guy is sitting behind a few cars in the right one. They decided just as I was right there that they needed to be in the far left one since no one was in it (besides me coming up. Cut me off, I had to slam the breaks. He was close enough that if I had reacted 1 second slower or if he made that choice 1 second later, we would have collided.

It was dumb because as soon as we turned, he got back into the other lane. He literally just wanted to be ahead of 2 fucking cars (mind you, he didn't wait until we had turned to merge, he did it mid-turn too)

A bit while down, I have another left turn to make. This one is a single turning lane. As I'm getting close to it, I'm right next to the Honda. He tries to merge into me. The only reason we didn't collide was because my turning lane came up and I quickly got over.

And it didn't end there. This guy, sitting in the straight lane, decides to cut off everyone in the left turning lane as we got the green arrow, so he can go left.

I get it, you need to turn here, but you weren't in the turning lane just fucking go straight, there's a fucking place to do a u-turn like 50 feet after the light.

I literally only have a max 10 minute drive to and from work (currently). I get cut off, brake-checked, nearly merged into on a daily basis. Plenty of people running red lights too.

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UnitedCommunity6377@reddit

I know it’s so rediculous right now on the roads your taking your life chance everyday you drive I take 2 lane back roads stay out of town and away from the narcissists out there. Atleast if they want do drive stupid on back roads theirs places to let them around. Then when they crash ( hopefully hurting no one but their selves) you beep, wave and roll right by

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FoxCitiesRando@reddit

I have at max a 14 minute commute and I see this shit every single day. I could let me car get totalled probably twice a week if I wanted to just not get out of the way, slam my brakes, etc. I probably see people run red lights at 50% of the intersections I go through.

The area that I live in could not care less about facilitating the flow of traffic, so I'm not really surprised that people don't give a shit. It's miles and miles of untimed, uncoordinated lights.

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SushiRoll2004@reddit

Reminds me of an old Louis Ck bit

"What else can I do....except go up one more block and then turn left"

I worked with traffic data at that time and it was really fascinating.

The executive summary was basically top 10% of speeders started driving faster. The bottom 90% didn't change too much. And this had a very direct causal effect on traffic deaths, and if I recall correctly, pedestrian deaths in particular.

It's called attentive driving.

Whatever 🤷

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OrionQuest7@reddit

Here in Boston scooters and people on bicycles fly right through red lights.

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BroncoCharlie@reddit

It's only because they haven't been hit by a tri-axle dump truck going 50mph while running a red light, yet.

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zacmobile@reddit

I don't ever remember this being a thing in the past now I see it every day even in my small town. Seems like it's happening everywhere all of a sudden, like some kind of mass hysteria.

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Uxium-the-Nocturnal@reddit

Possibility of nuclear war against anyone's will, economy is failing, no jobs available, lots of people out of work longterm, people getting priced out of their own homes and pricing out new buyers, groceries cost minimum $100 for stepping inside the store, billionaire siphoning off all the wealth from everyone, mass shooting on the rise with no signs of stopping, gestapo police doing anything with impunity, college unaffordable and worthless now, a concerning amount of the world population is getting suckered into fascism, people unable to afford starting a family.

GnobGobbler@reddit

Yeah, 10 years ago, I probably saw it happen once a year or so. Now it happens all the time.

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Legitimate-Fan-3415@reddit

Same with people at stop signs that just follow the car in front of them.

Cops are so busy chasing after big drug busts that come once every 30 years that they let aaaaall the small stuff slide.

My town is also currently experiencing a driving hellscape where people have just decided "this is a turning lane now. Left on red is totally fine. The speed limit is now 60mph on residential."

All because cops just don't pull people over for the small shit anymore.

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Crowned_Toaster@reddit

I wonder what the cops in my town are doing. They're quick to pull people over who have an expired license plate. But they are very lenient on letting people drive through red lights, stop signs, and cutting people off. As if driving over the speed limit wasn't bad enough.

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chewynipps@reddit

I feel like theyve backed off ever since the protests and riots and are waiting for us to ASK for them to do their job.

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Morak73@reddit

There's a ban on high-speed chases in my region.

I'm "getting old" now but in my age I've realized that being aggressive on the road really doesn't save you THAT much time. Even if I'm 15m late for work and I speed the entire way pissing everyone off by cutting people off, etc etc... I save MAYBE 5m. Me saving FIVE MINUTES is definitely NOT worth putting dozens of people's lives at risk because I wanted to prevent a truancy mark on my record. I'd rather drive a safe speed and get to work alive and work my entire shift so I can pay the bill that need to be paid to support a family.

The young hardly ever look that far into the future. I know I didn't. But I agree... road aggression is WAY WORSE lately. So bad that there's road rage all over and the SAFE MOVE is to keep windows up, keep your mouth shut, let the enraged fucker take their rage out on your window and drive away so you can live another day. That dude will go home and have an aneurism eventually, not your problem.

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UnderstandingFast540@reddit

Everyone is unhappy, poor, and stressed to the max

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FauciIsGod@reddit

I've seen it too. Not so much crazy "blowing a red light at 40 mph and potentially killing someone" but more casual "running the red left turn arrow because there's obviously no incoming traffic"

FoxCitiesRando@reddit

Yes. Absolutely zero interest in facilitating the flow of traffic. I despise drivers these days, but I am not surprised at all. I have roughly a 5 mile commute through a couple of adjoining small towns and there are roughly 8 or so intersections that should be half stop signs but instead are untimed, uncoordinated lights. There is no rhyme or reason to any of it. I'm not surprised at all the people constantly run red lights in this area.

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titanofold@reddit

It's the 10,000 homes, and not providing any infrastructure that could alleviate traffic.

Good busses with Wi-Fi, bike lanes, sidewalks, and placing things a bit closer together would help.

The closest grocery store is 5 miles from me. I can't walk there. I could take my bike, but there's no bike lane or sidewalk for me to use. The closest bus stop is 1.5 miles from me. I'm in a city. Downtown is an 8 minute drive (without traffic).

We're insisting everyone drives regardless of their ability to do so.

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PyrorifferSC@reddit

I live in California and I saw at least 6 people make the left turn on red while my light was green the other day. I usually pull into the intersection holding the horn down to startle the morons, but the car in front of me just sat there waiting. Probably on their phone.

Former cop. Learned to drive at 12.

Never move forward when your traffic light turns green.

Crazyredneck422@reddit

There is 1 intersection directly in front of my work, I drive straight thru the intersection and it goes directly into works parking lot. Every single day MULTIPLE cars crossing the intersection in front of me run the red light, like my light will be green for like 10 seconds but if I drove forward I’d get tboned. It pisses me off bc there is 2 lanes, the one i am in is for turning right, going straight OR left. The one to my left is for turning left. When there is traffic in the lane next to me I can’t see around them to know if the intersection is safe for me to proceed, so I have to wait until that lane starts moving to see if I can move forward bc if I don’t it never fails… cars fly through! There is a pretty long delay between their light turning red and mine green already so I just don’t get it! But i definitely made sure my dash cam is set right so if I do get hit, my camera will definitely show my green light… however it’s not gonna be pretty bc those cars fly through at 65-75 mph even though the speed limit is 40

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zalez666@reddit

it doesn't help that a driving violation could simply be paid off instead of having an actual punishment, like community service (imagine needing to tell your job you need to miss work because you got community service for running a red light)

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StilltheoneNY@reddit

or passing a school bus with the lights flashing.

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JediLightSailor78@reddit

There is no foundational respect for the morality and ethics that underpin the laws. The laws don't exist to punish offenders, they exist to protect innocent drivers who are following the law. The laws exist to facilitate the common good of all society.

It's not hugely dangerous but it does pollute. Car fuel systems are pressurized and guess what happens when the cap is off. Also a dozen or more cars idling while fueling is a breathing hazard. You would not like to hang around a gas station where every person fueled while idling.

pan_rock@reddit

The whole point of running a red light is to get what you want.

Essentially, the light isn't as relevant as the fact that folks do this bc they can not control their emotions on a psychological level which makes them physically react , hence they are seeking that instant gratification by "running the red light". Regardless for the meta reason, maybe late for meeting (which brings about it's own physcological convos and why his brain allows him to sleep in and or procrastinate during times when he knows he shouldnt) , maybe he knows its his boss' last straw against him, or he's just mad.

I suppose this isn't real either.

https://youtu.be/UbZXOrW7L40?si=GmZdFYgw_EjinnLs

They dont control flow, that would be awesome if they did that, at least that’s a service.

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No_Subject_4781@reddit

I haven't come across too many of those cameras that give you a ticket if any. If they actually controlled the flow like they're meant to, that would be amazing.

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Huge_Strain_8714@reddit

Don't know where you live but this dangerous behavior is now commonplace.

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norcalgreen1@reddit

I know I’ve been behind people that stop at yellow’. ——in india the stop lights are just a suggestion, ……..some people have become so inept at life, they can’t think by themself, get scared and call oL Uncle Sam to make laws….

——sounds like your nervous system has slowed down and you should probably have your license pulled….
Maybe if you didn’t sit and watch what other people were doing….YOU would drive better

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Some dude in a work truck took a left while my light was green, so clearly his was dead red. Then he had the audacity to give me a dirty look when I honked at him. Asshole. People suck.

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No_Subject_4781@reddit

The amount of people that do crazy shit with their work truck and the phone number on it is amazing

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No_Subject_4781@reddit

Sounds about right. I'd say pretty much every day I see people that are turning left that are two lanes over in the right lane just cut across traffic doesn't matter who they cut off and vice versa. I mean I understand your turn coming up faster than you thought but why the fuck are you all the way over to the other side of the street when you knew that turn was coming? People got selfish and entitled and turned into straight up assholes out in the world. I say, let's do our best not to become one of them.

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online_jesus_fukers@reddit

At least where i live there are 2 valid excuses sometimes...1. I think we're closer to the sun than anyone else (joking) because the way it glares down the main street in town early in the morning and in the evening you can't see shit even w the visor and sunglasses (I've seen cops accidentally roll the light if the suns just right) locals know if you're passing on the n/s streets at that time to treat it like a flashing yellow.

Town just redid all the lights and the turn cycles are out of whack, sometimes never giving an arrow, so on the third no green arrow cycle people are making lefts if the road is clear

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Fresh_Distribution54@reddit

Because they are super super special and they're super late because they couldn't be bothered to move their ass. And they're so awesomely cool that the law doesn't apply to them and if they get pulled over it's just because the cops are personally out to get them and they are innocent and perfect and super special

RunninOnMT@reddit

Death.

Have you tried it?

It's the hottest new trend in driving!!!

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Zech08@reddit

Nope, because the offenders rarely are the ones worse off.

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Ophiochos@reddit

Plenty for everyone to share!

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freecain@reddit

It's a lot of things combining:

People are driving more and more. The population is growing and average walkability score keeps getting worse. So multiply the increased number of cars by increase in mileage driven per person, and you're just seeing more people.

This also means more stop lights are being installed.

People are staying independent into an older age and Americans on average are getting older. That means your average driver is having a slower reaction time.

People are much more distracted with cellphones.

Pot being legalized has really emboldened people to drive high. Probably not a huge percentage, but it's there.

Bigger cars both take longer to stop.

Post pandemic, and with politics becoming divisive I think people are just becoming assholes. Plus, in most communities cops seem to do little traffic enforcement. Photo tickets just aren't enough of a deterrent for some people.

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Zech08@reddit

Dunno, but people do it all the time in san jose. I know one spot someone did it and got t boned by the right of way traffic on... an expressway. Then you got all the inbetween streets where people just roll through stop signs and dont even try to yield at yield signs.

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trap_money_danny@reddit

General rule of thumb: if you in the hood and lackin', the red light is a suggestion.

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accidentallyHelpful@reddit

We've basically been on "self governing until caught" the entire time

There's a huge culture of lawlessness in film and videos

Gone in 60 Seconds + Too Furious + videos on all platforms

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No-Isopod3211@reddit

This.

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BlueEyedWalrus84@reddit

I don't go through green lights right away in my city for exactly this reason. It's almost guaranteed someone will blow the light and you'll probably get T boned if you go, or they'll move around you if you're at a red light. Last night I was cut off by a guy who was turning into a restaurant, but I had the right of way. Then he throws his hands up at me like I'm the idiot who can't drive 🙄

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KitsuneMiko383@reddit

I saw one today. Didn't bother to slow, let alone stop, for the two seconds before the light changed. Literally two seconds, I counted.

It was in broad daylight, on my commute home from work. I bet the drivers waiting on the other side of the intersection were as shocked as I was.

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