Do you look both ways even though you have a green light?

[nile455]

It feels like I'm seeing more and more cars running red lights than ever before. So many distractions now with phones, and drivers seem to be getting worse and worse. I also think Drivers Ed has declined over the years.

This is happening a lot now, esp in intersections near my neighborhood in Orlando.

 

[NAB]

I did driver training and it was instilled in me . So yes if I’m the first leaving the light I’m looking both ways before I move.

 

[sam_gordon]

I know it sounds silly to look both ways when you have a green light, but it feels like I'm seeing more and more cars running red lights than ever before. So many distractions now with phones, and I also think Drivers Ed has gotten worse over the years.

This is happening a lot now, esp in intersections near my neighborhood in Orlando.

If I'm sitting at a red light and it turns green, yes, I'll take a quick look to make sure there's no one running the red.

If I'm approaching a light and it's green, nope, I'm pretty much just going right through.

 

[SgtTibbs]

Having the right of way does not prevent you from ending up in the ER or dead. Yes. Look both ways.

 

[NAB]

Having the right of way does not prevent you from ending up in the ER or dead. Yes. Look both ways.

I say 5his to my husband all 5he time , I don’t care if you have right of way not worth getting into an accident let them go.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

I look. People drive like idiots in my area.

 

[bcla]

Absolutely. I've seen too many drivers blow right through red lights. And someone who didn't even slow down at a stop sign.

 

[Sinder]

Yes, always.

 

[mumto3girls]

If I'm sitting at a red light and it turns green, yes, I'll take a quick look to make sure there's no one running the red.

If I'm approaching a light and it's green, nope, I'm pretty much just going right through.

This.

 

[mom2rtk]

Yes.

 

[Meriweather]

Always....red lights are run all the time here

 

[Christine]

Probably didn't used to but with the Wild West driving these days, I sure do. I'm now worried I'm going to be one of those people who, when they have a full-on green light at an intersectiong, ends up braking and trying to read the cross-traffic before I enter the intersection. NOT a good thing to do but, dang, there's some crazy driving going on where I live. And getting T-boned is generally a death sentence it seems.

 

[Mysterian]

I look both ways. I had the right of way along with the rest of two lanes of highway traffic when some knucklehead in his truck, who should have been stopped at a red, kept on moving and T-boned my car.

(This was the car that was previous to my current car, Charlotte P. Drummond, you see. )

 

[DLgal]

Absolutely, when driving, walking and biking. When walking and biking, I won't go until I have made eye contact with the drivers on the first position at the lights.

My son recently got his driver's permit. We are in CA and the written test that has to be passed is INSANELY hard. Most of what is drilled into drivers in the handbook is how much you CANNOT depend on people to follow the rules of the road, how you cannot make assumptions about what other vehicles or pedestrians are going to do, and how your main job is to avoid a collision in all situations. It explicitly states to pause when your light turns green and scan the intersection for drivers who are approaching too fast and who may run the red light. Also, always be on the lookout for pedestrians who cross against the signal. It's a pervasive problem both ways (cars running reds AND pedestrians going when they shouldn't).

 

[JBRB828]

I’ve been doing this for years.

 

[Kitty 34]

always

 

[CynBeth]

Yes. I also see a lot of running red lights in my area as well.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I did driver training and it was instilled in me . So yes if I’m the first leaving the light I’m looking both ways before I move.

Yep. I look too.

 

[BrianL]

Yes, always. I never assume that anyone will obey a traffic signal or even do what they are signalling they will do. They may not - always be vigilant.

 

[kimj88]

Definitely, if I am waiting at the light for it to turn green. Most of the time if I'm approaching it already green. The running red lights more often is something I have also noticed people doing in the last several months or more.