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It’s time to ban ‘right-on-red’ (www.fastcompany.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (10 children)

"The driver inches into the crosswalk, watching the oncoming traffic to his left and waiting for a gap to appear. He finally spots one and accelerates into the turn"

Um, what? There are cars zooming across the crosswalk, which definitely wouldn't have a crossing signal. In this imaginary scenario, a pedestrian is trying to sprint across an intersection against a crossing signal.

There are enough horrific traffic situations created by cars and urban congestion, do we really need to make up a stupid and unlikely one where the pedestrian is the idiot? If anything, this article should be against right on green. Good luck with that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

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P is pedestrian, C is car. Equal signs are cars going right.

Pedestrian is crossing the road going left. Pedestrian has a green light/cross walk. The car C isn't looking at P; the car C is looking at the gap in the equal signs.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that it's too easy to get a driver's licence and retain it without updating or testing in any way. Make it more difficult for terrible drivers who are inattentive or unable, to get a licence in the first place. In the 90's and 00's I worked as a Paramedic in a number of major cities and it was terrible then. Now it's even worse. There are so many distractions and everything moves even faster. Some people just can't manage it and should not drive.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I spent a couple years as a driving instructor and licensing examiner. It is disturbing how hamstrung I was on failing people. And that many people openly talked about losing good habits/forgetting important info now that they don't have to test any more is an extra layer of terrifying. Mandatory retesting every 3-5 years, more if someone has a lot of infraction/collisions, and yearly after 65.

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