Red Mosquito

wease wrote: Mon September 14, 2026 8:30 pm Hell, I run them with full traffic! I caught myself one day last week driving home from a long day at work. I rolled up to the busiest intersection in this town right in the middle of rush hour traffic. There was no one stopped ahead of me but I clearly saw the light was red. Did that stop me? Nope. Before I knew it, I was barreling right thru the light. By the time I realized what I was doing, it was too late. So I quickly did a scan and luckily no one else in any of the other lanes had begun to come thru the intersection. I got VERY lucky. I’m sure all those other drivers watched me and were wondering what the actual fuck I was doing. I know I was wondering that after I made it thru unscathed. I was also lucky there were no members of the local constabulary around to observe my scofflaw behavior.

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spike wrote: Tue September 15, 2026 1:48 am It’s nothing but red lights in hell, David.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote: Tue September 15, 2026 1:00 am I've only done it when the light was really delayed and suspected it wasn't functioning correctly. And nobody else was around.

BurtReynolds wrote: Tue September 15, 2026 1:59 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote: Tue September 15, 2026 1:00 am I've only done it when the light was really delayed and suspected it wasn't functioning correctly. And nobody else was around.

I did that once at night and there was a cop right behind me. He let me go because he was also annoyed that the light wouldn't turn green

spike wrote: Mon September 14, 2026 11:09 pm

wease wrote: Mon September 14, 2026 8:30 pm Hell, I run them with full traffic! I caught myself one day last week driving home from a long day at work. I rolled up to the busiest intersection in this town right in the middle of rush hour traffic. There was no one stopped ahead of me but I clearly saw the light was red. Did that stop me? Nope. Before I knew it, I was barreling right thru the light. By the time I realized what I was doing, it was too late. So I quickly did a scan and luckily no one else in any of the other lanes had begun to come thru the intersection. I got VERY lucky. I’m sure all those other drivers watched me and were wondering what the actual fuck I was doing. I know I was wondering that after I made it thru unscathed. I was also lucky there were no members of the local constabulary around to observe my scofflaw behavior.

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wease wrote: Tue September 15, 2026 2:11 am

spike wrote: Mon September 14, 2026 11:09 pm

wease wrote: Mon September 14, 2026 8:30 pm Hell, I run them with full traffic! I caught myself one day last week driving home from a long day at work. I rolled up to the busiest intersection in this town right in the middle of rush hour traffic. There was no one stopped ahead of me but I clearly saw the light was red. Did that stop me? Nope. Before I knew it, I was barreling right thru the light. By the time I realized what I was doing, it was too late. So I quickly did a scan and luckily no one else in any of the other lanes had begun to come thru the intersection. I got VERY lucky. I’m sure all those other drivers watched me and were wondering what the actual fuck I was doing. I know I was wondering that after I made it thru unscathed. I was also lucky there were no members of the local constabulary around to observe my scofflaw behavior.

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A logical assumption, but incorrect.

Norah wrote: Tue September 15, 2026 10:55 am red light cameras are illegal in Massachusetts.

Simple Torture wrote: Mon September 14, 2026 7:41 pm I was out driving early on Saturday morning, at like 5:45, and especially because it was a weekend, there was almost no one on the road. Right before I got to the donut shop I saw a guy just blow through a red light, didn't slow down or even doing a rolling stop. I was still about 300 yards away from him, and he could probably see there was no one close to him in any direction, but still. Do you guys run red lights when no one's around?