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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Get off the phone you fucking imbecil. Stop making people's days any worse than they need to be.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Do you not understand what, "the second the light turns green" means?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That phrase tends to be much less literal when its said by those who are getting honked at regularly to move off from the lights.

If someone is telling you they get honked at all the time for no reason there usually is a reason (or several) and they just refuse to acknowledge what they're doing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Do you not have yellow lights that tell that they are about to change?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Not in Canada and I believe also not in the US. The yellow only comes before red, not before green.

Here it's red, green, yellow, red, green, yellow...

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Some intersections you cannot see the cross-traffic signals. Some intersections don't have much cross-traffic to watch, either.

Interesting how you're taking the asshole's side, though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Could say the same about you. Stop wasting time for other people. Have some decency.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Yea and that's explicitly not the context of the original post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

That...makes so much sense.

Not the one you commented to, but not where I drive.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's natural to take a second before taking off, either unintentionally or intentionally due to safety. Maybe leave on time to account for those extra few seconds that they are holding you up.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's not only natural, it's a good idea. Especially if you are crossing a large road.

I ride a motorcycle more often than not (see user name) and it's vital to ensure that the cross traffic is actually stopping when their light is red. You aren't "protected" because your light is green, and there's nothing physically stopping any asshole blowing the light and ramming into the side of you, probably without slowing down in the slightest first. That's because they're also staring at their phone. I can't even go a week anymore without watching some moron sail straight through a red light right in front of me such that if I hadn't spotted them first they would have run me over. And it's happening more and more often as drivers are more distracted than ever before. A couple of years ago I'd only see this sort of thing once every few months.