What the fuck is wrong with you people?
I see this every single day at least 5-6 times a day. People running red light after red light. It’s not the “Oh I’ll speed up way too fast and just barely make the yellow light” idiots that I’m talking about. It’s these morons who just blast through the intersection well after the light has turned red.
Are you really in that much of a hurry? Do you really need to endanger the lives of pedestrians and motorists, just so you can get to where you’re going 7 seconds faster? I hope you get T-Boned by a Mack truck (whose driver remains unharmed) going 60mph you assholes. It’s dumb-asses like you that send insurance rates sky high. —Wait Until The Light Turns Green
This article appears in May 13-19, 2010.
I’ve seen this a bit more lately as well.. course I also ran a red by accident too so it would appear I’m also adding to the problem. Whatcha gonna do?
i saw this on the corner of Spring Garden and South Park on Saturday. I saw chickie approaching in her car, squinting up at the light. I assume she was trying to beat the light but when I looked up it was already red. She proceeded to zoom through and I proceeded to wish there was a cop watching so I could experience some added excitement to my morning. No such luck…….
I’ve also ran a red light by accident. I simply didn’t realize that there was a traffic light on that intersection I had never been to before. I did look left and right to make sure there was no oncoming traffic though, so there was no Mack truck to T-bone me with. I wonder if all the people you see running red lights are doing it on purpose, or just by accident like zZz and I.
Fucking dumb knobs – they need to be reamed up the brown button with a dirty traffic cone, then used as road signs.
I find people making right hand turns are particularly bad for this. No thought to anyone going straight through an intersection or, gasp!, using the crosswalk.
While I agree with the concept, the attitude leaves something to be desired. Wishing someone gets T-boned just makes you seem like an overreacting ass. Frankly “It’s dumb-asses like you” that make me worry about todays society…
Whether my light is green or otherwise I still look for people running the red just after it changes. Look out for yourself OP, no one else is…
One persons mistake (which it generally is) isn’t worth my life, so I take the required precautions.
I think that running a red light should have a really serious charge like criminal negligence same as speeding through a cross walk .
That is a cross country problem, not just in Halifax. I guess some people are just more important than others. btw If you ‘run’ a red light it’s cause you’re not paying close enough attention to driving not your unfamiliarity to a light/route etc.
I must admit I could have been and should have been paying closer attention, and I never said that it is a Halifax-only problem, Bluenoser in BC. (Just to clarify)
A friend of mine in BC ran a 4-way stop sign and got into an accident few years ago. That 4-way stop exists on a rural highway with no traffic lights for miles, and there are many accidents there due to people failing to see the sign and stop. I think that when an intersection has many accidents, it isn’t just people’s fault but also there is flaw in the design, perhaps lack of proper warning signs. On the other hand, if people are running red lights on purpose, then those people should have their license suspended, and forced to take driving lessons again.
Like LOGiC, I usually check both ways just in case at green light, especially when there is snow on the road.
YEAH BUT, IF NO ONE RAN LIGHTS, THEN THE COPS WOULD BE A LOT FATTER THAN THEY ARE, JESUS CHRIST, THEY HAVE TO WRITE AT LEAST A FEW TICKETS, DON’T THEY?
People running red lights can be idiotic, but as zZz and a couple of others said, it can happen accidentally.
“I hope you get T-Boned by a Mack truck”. That’s just fucking harsh dude. I hope you have never ran or came close to running a red light in what I’m sure is your perfect driving history.
LS does have a valid point wtf would the cops do 🙂
Oh yeah; suspend people’s licences who have had like 1 and a half drinks and fine them hundreds of dollars duhh 🙁
OP is jealous he/she’s sitting behind 20 cars cuz he/she wasn’t smart enough to assess the situation and realize that he/she could run a red completely unharmed with no obstruction to traffic or danger to him/herself, pedestrians or other motorists.
=====I hope you get T-boned by a Mack truck=====
I agree. Very freaking harsh. I know we want to come off all tough and shiznit, here on the bititch bizoard (oh, my head hurts), but seriously, on the rizeal (okay! stop!), wishing actual damage like this is bad mojo.
They deserve a ticket and some lost points, but a serious injury? Not cool, dude.
I *have* one, and I don’t wish it on people.
Edmonton’s way worse than Halifax for this! And they all drive big ole pick-up trucks too… well, not everyone, but that’s the stereotype I like to portray anyway. Wearing cowboy hats and blaring country music.
“Hali’s Redlight Runners” good one, whats next a Thomson Twins reference? Ha ha!