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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
I remember once having to brake pretty hard for a red light crossing 7th ave because of exactly this.
I was driving late at night, and it was green lights all the way North through downtown, and I was looking ahead and didn't register that there was a red right in front of me, and had to stop harder than I should have if I had been looking at the right light  |
I've done that exact thing years ago during my first couple years of driving, except I went right thru a red light on 7th ave. I was nearly one of the strugglers that hit or got hit by a train but thankfully I ran in front of it by seconds. Scared my passengers s**tless. I can definitely see how people might be distracted when looking north and see the next 8 green lights down the road. Downtown driving can be stressful and difficult on new or small town drivers (I had a few wrong way down the road experiences too, late at night).