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bucolic_frolic

(54,088 posts) Thu Jul 4, 2019, 07:42 AM Jul 2019

I've had 2 drivers run a red light/stop sign in a week [View all]

This is really big news to me. Never had this happen before in my life. I drive very few miles in a year. Unbelievably few.

Is this a trend, a new normal?

I had a green light, the guy just blew threw his red light, he braked, I braked, somehow we missed one another.

At a three way 'T' section, a driver just drove right through the stop sign. Never slowed, looked right or left, just drove like it wasn't there. I braked, somehow.

How many people just ignore traffic signals in small towns?

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I've had 2 drivers run a red light/stop sign in a week [View all] bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 OP

I live in a college town. Students here frequently blow through stop lights & signs. nt tblue37 Jul 2019 #1

Maybe that's it. Students home from college. bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #2

Happens all the time here. Also a town with an university and sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #3

Haven't trusted stop lights or stop signs for decades. Too many distractions and impaired drivers. Hoyt Jul 2019 #4

Yep, they might be SCantiGOP Jul 2019 #5

Is this trend a new norm? Nope--not exactly. It's been happening for heaven knows how long. mapol Sep 2019 #6