Red traffic light jumpers.
Every day while dog walking, I cross a dual carriageway using a pedestrian crossing which has traffic lights at least six times a day while dog walking, there is also a speed camera and red light camera but for some reason the council don’t use it, I think it caught too many motorists and they couldn’t cope, in my opinion speed/red light cameras should be privatized
There is not a day go by that when the lights have changed to red ready for me to cross that at least once and often more times a car, van, lorry, coach, bus etc drives through the red lights either heading north or south, sometimes drivers jam their brakes on at the last moment and end up straddled across the pedestrian crossing.
I have on occasion took a photo of a lorry straddled across the crossing and received a great deal of shouted abuse, I heard words I had never heard before other drivers look up to the sky as though they can’t see me while others give a sheepish smile.
The drivers seem to be a total cross section of drivers, young, old, male and female.
I notice when driving many times, I am waiting at a junction when the lights in front of me change from red to green but cars continue to cross in front of me so obviously, they have gone through there red light.
I suppose when someone gets killed the authorities will say "lessons will be learnt" :(
Red traffic light jumpers.
Green light means safe to proceed if clear to do so.
So many folks forget this and just whizz through a junction when they see it change to green.
So many also cut the red/amber and even red.
It is indeed only a matter of time before the worst happens.
On an advanced driving course, one of the basic aspects is to always look left/right etc. as you go through any junction, for blue-light but also anyone jumping lights etc.
It has served me well a few times.
I teach the same to my kids for pedestrian crossings. Green means look to see if clear, and keep looking whole time you cross.
The world is full of careless people, mongs and unaware selfish idiots - just factor it in and move around them best you can
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Red traffic light jumpers.
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Originally Posted by
GraniteQuarry
What freaks me out are the vast majority of folks who start crossing without checking if the traffic is/has stopped. See it with parents and young kids all the time, utter madness.
I do like this all the time if it is green for me. It’s a fun to see shocked faces of drivers. who would’ve thought that they have to stop at red light ;)
Red traffic light jumpers.
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Originally Posted by
hogthrob
I had looked for a red one and gave up.