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This must be a regional thing. You pretty much[1] NEVER see anyone just blow a light in the northeast. Ignore a no right on red sign or squeak a few extra car

This must be a regional thing. You pretty much[1] NEVER see anyone just blow a light in the northeast. Ignore a no right on red sign or squeak a few extra cars through as a yellow turns red, sure. But I've never seen anybody ever just barrel through an established red like a truck that's lost its brakes in a Russian dash-cam video. Not during the pandemic, not ever. [1] By "pretty much" I mean "literally, but I'm covering my ass lest everyone chime in with that anecdote from a police chase in downtown Boston that you saw on the news in 1998".

optimusclimb 5y ago
Live in Salt Lake City now. Blowing red lights is like a sport here it seems.
mitchdoogle 5y ago
>squeak a few extra cars through as a yellow turns red, sure. For one thing, this counts as blowing through a red light. Secondly, I've seen plenty of this in Philly - people blowing blowing through stop lights and stop signs
flyinghamster 5y ago
Here in the Midwest, I see plenty of people stretching yellow into orange, particularly on left-turn arrows. It's very rare for me to see someone just charge through a light that's been red for any significant length of time, but sometimes it comes up in the news headlines.
- rascul 5y ago
  > It's very rare for me to see someone just charge through a light that's been red for any significant length of time I'm in southern Mississippi, and that's the socially accepted way to go through an intersection. I'm only partially joking.
rrdharan 5y ago
I’ve seen it in Brooklyn on multiple occasions, always late night.
foo_barrio 5y ago
I'm in the Northeast (Fairfield County, CT) and see red light blowing on an almost daily basis. Even during rush hour after 2020. I mean people even anticipate it. At least twice a month I'll see a clear intersection and a light that has been green for 2-3 seconds and cars are still waiting because some idiot is just barreling along in broad daylight with no intention of stopping coming the opposite way.

optimusclimb 5y ago

Live in Salt Lake City now. Blowing red lights is like a sport here it seems.

mitchdoogle 5y ago

>squeak a few extra cars through as a yellow turns red, sure. For one thing, this counts as blowing through a red light. Secondly, I've seen plenty of this in Philly - people blowing blowing through stop lights and stop signs

flyinghamster 5y ago

Here in the Midwest, I see plenty of people stretching yellow into orange, particularly on left-turn arrows. It's very rare for me to see someone just charge through a light that's been red for any significant length of time, but sometimes it comes up in the news headlines.

rascul 5y ago
> It's very rare for me to see someone just charge through a light that's been red for any significant length of time I'm in southern Mississippi, and that's the socially accepted way to go through an intersection. I'm only partially joking.

rrdharan 5y ago

I’ve seen it in Brooklyn on multiple occasions, always late night.

foo_barrio 5y ago

I'm in the Northeast (Fairfield County, CT) and see red light blowing on an almost daily basis. Even during rush hour after 2020. I mean people even anticipate it. At least twice a month I'll see a clear intersection and a light that has been green for 2-3 seconds and cars are still waiting because some idiot is just barreling along in broad daylight with no intention of stopping coming the opposite way.