There are intersections where if you’re familiar with them you know what is safe. For example at one intersection near me if I just miss the green I know the next signal is to give cross traffic left turn greens, which means no one else can be going into the lanes. I do stop, but only for a brief moment because there can always be inattentive drivers doing the wrong thing.
Of course I’m not one to really get pissed at folks for not conforming to my driving preferences, so that part is weird to me, but I do get annoyed when someone stops for like 20 seconds with no traffic. If you do that, you might get the shortest toot with my horn I can manage to wake you up if you’ve somehow forgotten you can turn, but that’s it.
I don’t go anywhere with so tight a time margin that an extra minute or two in traffic is going to matter.
Well that annoys me too, especially when someone has both a green light and green turn arrow - and they don’t go, they just sit there. I’m like - what more do you need, an engraved invitiation to go ahead and turn?? Then of course the light changes and we’re all stuck waiting for the next signal.
I’m a very cautious driver, I’ve learned to be defensive in my driving and always keep my eyes peeled. So I do think it’s better to err on the side of caution. I try to take into account that someone might be older or having eye problems or needs a few more seconds to complete a turn.
There are intersections where if you’re familiar with them you know what is safe. For example at one intersection near me if I just miss the green I know the next signal is to give cross traffic left turn greens, which means no one else can be going into the lanes. I do stop, but only for a brief moment because there can always be inattentive drivers doing the wrong thing.
Of course I’m not one to really get pissed at folks for not conforming to my driving preferences, so that part is weird to me, but I do get annoyed when someone stops for like 20 seconds with no traffic. If you do that, you might get the shortest toot with my horn I can manage to wake you up if you’ve somehow forgotten you can turn, but that’s it.
I don’t go anywhere with so tight a time margin that an extra minute or two in traffic is going to matter.
Well that annoys me too, especially when someone has both a green light and green turn arrow - and they don’t go, they just sit there. I’m like - what more do you need, an engraved invitiation to go ahead and turn?? Then of course the light changes and we’re all stuck waiting for the next signal.
I’m a very cautious driver, I’ve learned to be defensive in my driving and always keep my eyes peeled. So I do think it’s better to err on the side of caution. I try to take into account that someone might be older or having eye problems or needs a few more seconds to complete a turn.