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This is just my anecdata, but over 30 years of driving, it's only the last 2-3 that have felt like a large percentage of driver no longer care about traffic rul
by gernb 4y ago
This is just my anecdata, but over 30 years of driving, it's only the last 2-3 that have felt like a large percentage of driver no longer care about traffic rules.
It used to be it was rare for me to see a major violation. Now it's is literally every single time I go for a drive or ride my bike, at least in the city of San Francisco, that see (a) someone running a red light, (b) someone turning right from the 3rd lane (meaning they should be in the first lane), (c) someone turning left illegally before the on-coming traffic when the light turns green, (d) driving for blocks in the bus only lanes, I even saw someone drive down the wrong way down a one way street to take a short cut. Often I see 2 to 3 of these during a single outing.
If more surveillance would stop this then I'm for it.
I'm curious what changed (a) my noticing ... I really don't think that's it but it's possible (b) people for some reason no longer giving a fuck (c) too many video games (half joking, half not, personally love video games but of course in a video game you drive however you want. Of course you also kill people in video games (d) cycling culture bleeding into driving culture. (e) ....