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Your 15 yards from the Traffic lights and it just goes amber,what do you do?

  • 12-12-2012 02:37PM
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭sfwcork


    Do you prepeae to stop or floor it to get past before it goes redIm normally option 2 and I see it alot


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,035 ✭✭✭uch


    Burst into flames and Fly

    22/25



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭franktheplank


    Im more of a metric man myself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭jaykay74


    sfwcork wrote: »
    Do you prepeae to stop or floor it to get past before it goes redIm normally option 2 and I see it alot

    run as fast as I can.


  • Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Adrienne Careful Fatigues


    I didn't know I owned 15 yards

    I usually stop before the amber lights. I was waiting at a crossing one day and amazed to see 2 cars fly through after it had turned red


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Slow down and proceed with caution with the intention of stopping.

    But that's only becuase I am a responsible road user.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,902 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    "Your 15 yards..." Well if they're my 15 yards, bugger off. I'm keeping them:D:D:D:D:D


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    I put the phone down, get out of the car and beat the hell out of the cnut in the car behind me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    A hand break turn and then a load of doughnuts


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    The rules of the road are simple:

    1. Green means "go"

    2. Amber means "go faster"

    3. Red means "first ten cars only"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 234 ✭✭beaver111


    drive her like you stole it:D


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,691 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    I release my measuring tape and get back in my Daddy's car


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,458 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Depends on how fast I'm going or what the traffic is like behind me, or what's actually in the car behind me or if the road is icy or not or the phase of the moon....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Fifteen yards isn't all that far When you're traveling at 50/60k OP.
    I go through, every time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭franktheplank


    Im more of a metric man myself.

    Some might say Im a metricsexual


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,463 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    sfwcork wrote: »
    Do you prepeae to stop or floor it to get past before it goes redIm normally option 2 and I see it alot

    If you're at speed, 15 metres from the lights, you have no chance of stopping in time.

    In that case, rules of the road dictate you keep going.

    Were it 50, you should stop, but i gun it anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,763 ✭✭✭✭Crann na Beatha


    This post has been deleted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I have no idea how long 15 yards is.

    Also, how fast am I going?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Keep walking.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭sfwcork


    some shocking jokes here.Frankie boyle gets his material in AH id say

    :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭Ando's Saggy Bottom


    Floor it like you're late for mass. :pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Lima Golf


    I would stop...except for road works light, red = go, so long as you can still see traffic going through from my side :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭Luap


    I make sure i reach 88 miles an hour when I reach an amber light.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 Quagmire77


    Amber light = 2 more cars please!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    sfwcork wrote: »
    Do you prepeae to stop or floor it to get past before it goes redIm normally option 2 and I see it alot

    Depends on the speed I'm going, and the traffic around me.

    If I'm going slow anyway, because I'm in a line of traffic, for example, I'll stop.
    If I'm moving faster, and especially if I know there's cars behind me moving at the same speed, I would probably go through to avoid the guy behind me having to do an emergency stop.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    I always stop, gives me a chance to admire myself..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭thebourke


    buy a bicycle....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,037 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    The rules of the road are simple:

    1. Green means "go"
    2. Amber means "go faster"
    3. Red means "first ten cars only"

    I'm afraid that's the way it is going and multiple times I've seen cars sail through red lights, it is a regular occurence. Unfortunatley the mentality of these types of pleb drivers is if you are getting away with it, why stop. In 5 - 10 years time if the trend keeps going, traffic lights will mean nothing and it will be every driver for themselves.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭steve9859


    Quagmire77 wrote: »
    Amber Red light = 2 more cars please!

    FYP


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    People bang on about cyclists breaking lights but some of the stuff that cars do at junctions is inexcusable.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    Throw it into 2nd Gear and Hit the Rpm over 3000 and floor it


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