Running a red light

martingriff

Now some here may think this is another cyclist thread but no I am talking about cars, vans even a bus. I am not talking about the few seconds between amber and red where you are meant to stop unless it is unsafe (guilty of that. I mean after the red had come. In the last 2 days at work when I have been going to Lunch the green man is on for people to cross the road I have seen 6 instances or cars, van and a bus break the red if the person crossing had been quicker they could have been knocked down as these vehicles were going at pace speeding up not slowing down.

When I am in my car and at the light I now wait a few seconds before moving off incase a car comes.


This is not to mention cars at pedestrian crossing. Do some people not know the rules anymore

Supergurrier

Great way to die that.

martingriff

Supergurrier wrote: »

Great way to die that.

The unfortunate thing is it may only be the pedestrian who dies

Iwannahurl

I experience this on an almost daily basis while doing the school run. Sometimes it's a platoon of three cars breaking the red light while pedestrians (usually children) have the 'green man'.

How interested are AGS in this dangerous law-breaking?

(a) Extremely interested.
(b) Very interested.
(c) Somewhat interested.
(d) Just a teeny-weeny bit interested.
(e) About as interested as I am in an Atari Jaguar.

djimi

Its becoming a much bigger issue than it used to be. Got to the stage where you really cannot take off when the lights turn green any more, as its not at all unlikely that someone will breeze through 2 seconds later.

Just another sign of the growing stupidity of Irish motorists I guess...

robtri

Another reason for getting a dash cam

Iwannahurl

djimi wrote: »

Got to the stage where you really cannot take off when the lights turn green any more, as its not at all unlikely that someone will breeze through 2 seconds later.

Which in theory could lead to a situation in which there is disproportionately more caution exercised at green lights than at amber/red ones.

dunworth1

ive seen this happen also but it was mostly due to the bulbs on the traffic lights
having blown so people just think that the lights are out

martingriff

dunworth1 wrote: »

ive seen this happen also but it was mostly due to the bulbs on the traffic lights
having blown so people just think that the lights are out

Maybe in your area but not what I see bulbs working properly

Chris_Heilong

I almost had a coach kill me when it ran a red light near Eastwall without even slowing down, missed me by about 40 cm.

bladebrew

It's nearly normal now for cars to run red lights in Cork, I have lost count at the near misses, I hope they bring in red light cameras, people actually floor it when they see the Orange,
There is a place near me where cars have a long run up to the lights, when they go Red the pedestrian lights go Green, I stepped down off the kerb looked right and there is some clown heading straight at me, I pointed at the lights Green for pedestrians and said, will you keep your f*cking eyes on the lights! she said nothing just drove off, I'm hoping she won't do it again,

RandomAccess

Iwannahurl wrote: »

I experience this on an almost daily basis while doing the school run. Sometimes it's a platoon of three cars breaking the red light while pedestrians (usually children) have the 'green man'.

How interested are AGS in this dangerous law-breaking?

(a) Extremely interested.
(b) Very interested.
(c) Somewhat interested.
(d) Just a teeny-weeny bit interested.
(e) About as interested as I am in an Atari Jaguar.

This must be a trick question cos I'd really like an Atari Jaguar.

moc moc a moc

bladebrew wrote: »

I'm hoping she won't do it again

No point in hoping; people will only stop this kind of carry-on if there are consequences to themselves or their property. I've had to boot a few rear doors after some close shaves and it's the bang on their precious vehicle that gets the attention, not the almost maiming another human part.

What I don't understand is why the guards aren't after this kind of thing - a couple of hours parked on the corner of a few choice city centre junctions would probably fill the week's ticket quota between the red-light jumpers and the taxi drivers who don't seem to know how to operate an indicator.

biko

We need more lollipop ladies, with guns.

Cookie_Monster

It is just another symptom of the lack of general enforcement of motoring (road) laws. People know they won't get caught, be it breaking lights, driving unaccompanied on l-plates, cycling on the footpath, foglights on inappropriately, speeding etc etc