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garth_meringue t1_jcpai53 wrote

Right, most people don't care about the "vice" aspect, it's the nuisance. Almost no one would care if consumption were only edibles, it's the smoke and odor.

Cigarette smoking has already been pushed to the fringes for awhile now, it's not like people are going to suddenly welcome weed smoke.

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garth_meringue t1_jaswsw4 wrote

Right, I'm not saying I'd act like these people, but I'd probably have some agita both from the funeral itself and from being worried about my car being parked in the middle of the street because someone told me that's where I should park when I arrived.

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garth_meringue t1_j9yy0n3 wrote

Reply to comment by bigmphan in Move over... by JS_NYC_208

Exactly, if I'm the yellow car the last thing I want to do is get entangled with two idiots and be a part of some situation they're creating. I'll change my speed just to get out and do my own thing even if I wasn't causing the problem.

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garth_meringue t1_j9ywwyr wrote

Reply to comment by Dicksapoppin69 in Move over... by JS_NYC_208

Everyone agrees the red car and tailgater are the most at fault in this situation. I'm not trying to debate that.

The point I'm trying to make is that the yellow car has some agency to diffusive the dangerous situation. They do in fact have a duty to drive defensively. Defensive driving means driving safely despite the actions of others, even if the rules are on your side.

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garth_meringue t1_j9ynmsp wrote

Reply to Move over... by JS_NYC_208

If the red car isn't doing the right thing, the yellow car should slow down a little bit to allow some separation. Sometimes the red car subconsciously slows down too though.

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garth_meringue t1_j84j77u wrote

My favorite instance was when I was in a crosswalk on Jersey Ave and some lady ran the stop sign almost clipping me. But there was heavy traffic so she had to stop in the middle of the intersection blocking the box. She covered her face from my sight because she knew she was not only an asshole, but stupid too.

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garth_meringue t1_j6z945x wrote

12 seconds into the video you can see the stoplight change from yellow to red. If you look all the way to the right you can see the white strip signal is horizontal, which tells the train to stop. At 16 seconds it changes to vertical meaning it can go, which makes sense since it should wait a few seconds after for traffic to clear.

It would be good to have clear video of the signal the whole time, but I've seen it in person. The problem isn't the signals.

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