Should traffic lights be higher??

You're making a left turn right behind some semi or fedex or ups truck
and you can't see the light but you follow the truck anyway while he
slowly makes the left and when the light is finally visible to you it's red.

In article >,
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS > wrote:

> You're making a left turn right behind some semi or fedex or ups truck
> and you can't see the light but you follow the truck anyway while he
> slowly makes the left and when the light is finally visible to you it's red.

As long as you're not in the intersection when you see the red light,
you're ok. If you're in the intersection when the light comes into
view, you are wrong for 1) following too closely behind the truck, and
2) entering the intersection without knowing you could get through it
before the light turned red.

Don't blame the truck or the height of the light for your bad driving.

"Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" > wrote in
message ...
> You're making a left turn right behind some semi or fedex or ups truck and
> you can't see the light but you follow the truck anyway while he slowly
> makes the left and when the light is finally visible to you it's red.

Do them "Chicago style" : near side right on a pole, far side right
overhead, far side left on a pole

Some intersections also do far side right on a pole.

In article >,
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS > wrote:

> You're making a left turn right behind some semi or fedex or ups truck
> and you can't see the light but you follow the truck anyway while he
> slowly makes the left and when the light is finally visible to you it's red.

Hmmmmm...

Don't assume a light you can't see is going to be green.

Seems simple enough.

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

On Aug 8, 10:02 pm, Larry > wrote:
> In article >,
> Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS > wrote:
>
> > You're making a left turn right behind some semi or fedex or ups truck
> > and you can't see the light but you follow the truck anyway while he
> > slowly makes the left and when the light is finally visible to you it's red.
>
> As long as you're not in the intersection when you see the red light,
> you're ok. If you're in the intersection when the light comes into
> view, you are wrong for 1) following too closely behind the truck, and
> 2) entering the intersection without knowing you could get through it
> before the light turned red.

In nearly every state I know of, except Louisiana, it is not illegal
to still be in the intersection when the light turns red, as long as
you entered before the red. You are permitted to complete your pass
through on red.

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On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Larry wrote:

> In article >,
> Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS > wrote:
>
>> You're making a left turn right behind some semi or fedex or ups truck
>> and you can't see the light but you follow the truck anyway while he
>> slowly makes the left and when the light is finally visible to you it's red.
>
> As long as you're not in the intersection when you see the red light,
> you're ok. If you're in the intersection when the light comes into
> view, you are wrong for 1) following too closely behind the truck, and
> 2) entering the intersection without knowing you could get through it
> before the light turned red.
>
> Don't blame the truck or the height of the light for your bad driving.

My mom was ticketed for this very reason. She was too close behind a semi
and ended up running a redlight. The deputy told her the truck was no
excuse and it was up to her to position the car so she could see the
light.

- --
John Mayson >
Austin, Texas, USA

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On Aug 8, 11:58 pm, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
> wrote:
> You're making a left turn right behind some semi or fedex or ups truck
> and you can't see the light but you follow the truck anyway while he
> slowly makes the left and when the light is finally visible to you it's red.

You're following too close. If you can't see the light, you can't
enter the intersection.
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- gpsman

John Mayson wrote:
>
>My mom was ticketed for this very reason. She was too close behind a semi
>and ended up running a redlight. The deputy told her the truck was no
>excuse and it was up to her to position the car so she could see the
>light.
>

It's also up to your mother to keep herself from becoming road kill.


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Alan Baker wrote:
>In article >,
> Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS > wrote:
>
>> You're making a left turn right behind some semi or fedex or ups truck
>> and you can't see the light but you follow the truck anyway while he
>> slowly makes the left and when the light is finally visible to you it's red.
>
>Hmmmmm...
>
>Don't assume a light you can't see is going to be green.

In the case of the original poster, PLEASE assume a light you can't
see is going to be green.

And PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE keep tailgating semis. )

>Seems simple enough.

And yet it's still over SADDAM's head. :-)


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On Aug 8, 9:50 pm, gpsman > wrote:
> On Aug 8, 11:58 pm, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
>
> > wrote:
> > You're making a left turn right behind some semi or fedex or ups truck
> > and you can't see the light but you follow the truck anyway while he
> > slowly makes the left and when the light is finally visible to you it's red.
>
> You're following too close. If you can't see the light, you can't
> enter the intersection.


Furthermore, if you can't see the light, you can't readily see
opposing traffic, hmmm? So if the semi barely avoids getting hit and
you're blindly following him, you hold a good chance of your car
becoming a crumpled hood ornament.