Ok, that’s a valid point. I like the concept of income dependent fines.
The traffic lights in the USA are flawed in my opinion. In Europe, most of the time, the traffic light is directly behind the stopping line. Easy to see and react. I always found it inconvenient and not as easy when I was driving in the states. But that was only for a week and I was not completely used to them…
Yeah I have to admit to going through a red light about a year ago - it was a massive intersection (my side was 5 lanes) and the lights are misaligned so they’re not in front of the lanes they regulate.
The lights in front of me were green …… but they were for the right turning lanes, and lights for through lanes were off to the left. I can’t argue my fault but at the same time, wtf?
And in before “are you blind?” …… yes I am. The lights did have arrows but the intersection was so big, the lights so far away on the opposite side of all that pavement that I didn’t notice until I was in the intersection.
Anyhow, the point is wtf , why does someone place lights where it increases the possibility of dangerous mistakes?
Ok, that’s a valid point. I like the concept of income dependent fines. The traffic lights in the USA are flawed in my opinion. In Europe, most of the time, the traffic light is directly behind the stopping line. Easy to see and react. I always found it inconvenient and not as easy when I was driving in the states. But that was only for a week and I was not completely used to them…
Yeah I have to admit to going through a red light about a year ago - it was a massive intersection (my side was 5 lanes) and the lights are misaligned so they’re not in front of the lanes they regulate.
The lights in front of me were green …… but they were for the right turning lanes, and lights for through lanes were off to the left. I can’t argue my fault but at the same time, wtf?
And in before “are you blind?” …… yes I am. The lights did have arrows but the intersection was so big, the lights so far away on the opposite side of all that pavement that I didn’t notice until I was in the intersection.
Anyhow, the point is wtf , why does someone place lights where it increases the possibility of dangerous mistakes?