You ever have one of those times where you see something and counted your lucky stars?
Last night I was out in Scottsdale and saw the weirdest thing. At an intersection the light turned green. Both lead cars waited 2 seconds and then proceeded to cross the intersection when all of a sudden the car in the fast lane stopped. The lead car on the slow lane is a senior citizen and took her some time to get moving when the light turned green. Those precious few seconds of waiting saved her life in my opinion.
The vehicle in the fast lane noticed that an approaching car was going to run the light and stopped. The older lady delay of accelerating prevented her from being T-boned and instead clipped the rear end of the vehicle that crossed the red light which caused what looked like a controllable slide, followed by a smooth role over and back on its wheels. The senior citizen vehicle just had her front bumper ripped but it didn't cause a lot of dammage or moved her car from her direction of travel. It happen so fast that I believe she didn't realize it. I do not believe that she would have seen the oncoming vehicle due to the vehicle in the fast lane covering her view.
So stay safe out there and remember to look before crossing. That means even if you have a green light.
Sounds kinda like what happened to me when i was in HS . I was at a intersection waiting to cross, light turns green , and for some reason i dont go. I still dont know why i didnt go, i know i didnt look left or right but that pause saved me from getting tboned by a 18 wheeler that blew through the intersection a good 3 seconds after my light turned green.
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Riding street bikes for over 30 years in this little burg, taught me never to jump the green.
And I flip off the little prince or princess behind me that honks the second the light turns green.
Thanks for sharing your tale Speedy..
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I was almost that old lady many years ago. Cruising along in the right lane, with a vehicle on my immediate left. We were both going the same speed (~25 mph) waiting for the light in front of us to turn green. I was focused on the light getting ready to change. I couldn't see to the left past the vehicle there, the light changed green and we both started to accelerate. Just as the vehicle to my left got to the intersection, they jammed hard on the brakes, I reacted the same way, not knowing why other than they must have done it for a reason.... lucky me for reacting that way. Still hard on the brakes, a vehicle (which I never saw until it was literally in front of me) blew thru their red light past the car on my left and just missed me. Phew, had to clean out my pants after that one. I learned a lesson that day some 25 years ago.
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I look both ways at any intersection. It is unbelievable how many red lights are run here. Just the other night we were sitting at the light at 51st Ave and Cactus and I told my wife look at this clown, he's not going to stop. He went through the red light at 40 MPH. Luckily nobody was coming or there would have been a big wreck. This is the same intersection where 4 or 5 teenagers were killed about a year ago when they ran a red light.
My wife is the most careful driver I know. She always looks for a-holes running the red light before she proceeds on the green. One of many things she's taught me in the last 35 years.
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Yes, it's not just in AZ that they run red lights. Here it's the cell user, urban areas, or combination that are the worst. A bit of caution can save all...
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