I’m North Carolina and a few other states, you must wait for 3 cycles of the light before moving through the red. I got stuck on Monday at a 5 minute red light. So I was there for 15 minutes.
I can sort of understand the 3 logic, but some lights are going to be a problem, like that one. Then there’s the lights that get stuck and there’s no cycle, what then?
Story time. I was heading for work one early morning when there is virtually zero traffic. Waited as usual at a light to get on the highway, and across from me was a dark patrol car. So hell no, I’m not going to try and go through it. So I wait. And wait. It wasn’t terribly long, but it was pretty obvious the light that usually would trigger quickly wasn’t going to change. Kudos to the officer - he recognized that I was stuck in a bad place and wasn’t going to make a move, so he flashed his blue lights just for a sec as a signal that he got it, and I was good to go. I looked for traffic, and went my way.
I’m North Carolina and a few other states, you must wait for 3 cycles of the light before moving through the red. I got stuck on Monday at a 5 minute red light. So I was there for 15 minutes.
I can sort of understand the 3 logic, but some lights are going to be a problem, like that one. Then there’s the lights that get stuck and there’s no cycle, what then?
Story time. I was heading for work one early morning when there is virtually zero traffic. Waited as usual at a light to get on the highway, and across from me was a dark patrol car. So hell no, I’m not going to try and go through it. So I wait. And wait. It wasn’t terribly long, but it was pretty obvious the light that usually would trigger quickly wasn’t going to change. Kudos to the officer - he recognized that I was stuck in a bad place and wasn’t going to make a move, so he flashed his blue lights just for a sec as a signal that he got it, and I was good to go. I looked for traffic, and went my way.