• FishFace@piefed.social
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      8 days ago

      Because you don’t know when exactly the red will come, so you might blast through on red, which should be obvious enough as to why it’s dangerous.

      The point of amber/yellow lights is a signal to stop that you can ignore without risk if it’s already too late to stop, as opposed to reds which are the actual protection against conflict. Is that not fucking obvious?

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        The state of the LEDs doesn’t mean anything for safety. It is however dangerous to impede on opposing traffic’s right of way. Reds don’t provide protection, it’s just a clear signal for right of way. It’s also dangerous AF to drive assuming green lights give protection. It’s just right of way.

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            8 days ago

            It doesn’t necessarily risk lives. “Running red” is dependent on the state of some LEDs. It’s dangerous to impede the right of way of a vehicle traveling at high speeds. It’s much less dangerous to run a red that’s been red for one second rather than, say, 15.

            Driving itself risks lives.