As society descends into lawlessness, I'm finding myself running a lot more red lights than I used to. Typically, red left-hand turn arrows when there isn't a car in sight.
I used to dutifully wait for the arrow to turn green. Now I say screw it. I ran one the other morning and the guy right behind me said screw it as well and followed me right through it.
Ain't dystopia great!
“As society descends into lawlessness, I’m finding myself running a lot more red lights than I used to. Typically, red left-hand turn arrows when there isn’t a car in sight. I used to dutifully wait for the arrow to turn green. Now I say screw it. I ran one the other morning and the guy right behind me said screw it as well and followed me right through it.”
Started doing the same. We have about 5 seconds at one intersection between a red light and when cross-traffic finally moves. The hell if I’m stopping at 3 seconds past the red light. I’m helping the traffic flow, actually. Late at night I’m not going to be a target for bad guys - so, yep, I’ll still stop at a red light, check for traffic and pigs, but if clear, I’m rolling.
I wouldn’t participate in the lawlessness myself. Here, I’ve only seen one driver deliberately run a left turn signal like that. The intersection cameras determine the traffic flow and the signal sequencing so there’s hardly any wait anyway unless opposing traffic is entering.