This morning in the intersection outside my work, a high school kid driving to Venice High slammed on the brakes at a yellow light. Needless to say, the car behind him crashed into him and sent kid's car sailing through the intersection. No one died, but there were ambulances aplenty everywhere.
On a side note about yellow lights:
You know how if you are already in the intersection when the green light turns yellow, it's ok for you to run the red light? Well, Los Angeleans believe that even if the tip of their license plate is in the intersection when the light turns red, they can run the red light. That means opposing traffic ALWAYS has to sit through at least 3 seconds of their green light while the other cars clear the intersection (and that's only if the intersection isn't blocked.... but don't get me started!).
Word to to wise: if you aren't an aggressive driver (or plan to become one) stay the hell away from LA.
2 comments:
Utah is worse. People will run it even if they are no where NEAR the intersection when the light turns. That's why, Utah has decided to put a 3 to 5 second delay between the turning of the lights. It somehow still doesn't work though... UGH
I believe that Long Beach has the world's longest yellow lights. Once I moved there, I realized that stopping was not an option! It was fun to watch Ryan go through the learning process since he moved down a year after me.
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