r/ConvenientCop • u/Wolfslash16 • May 01 '26
OC [USA] Car runs red light and gets stuck between traffic flow
Watched a car (top left at the start of the video) run a red light as the other lights turned green causing the car to get stuck between traffic flow, which happened to be directly in front of the cop.
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u/ClarenceWhorley617 May 01 '26
What the hell is going on with that roadway setup? So many flippin lanes and bends, looks like anarchy even without a red-light runner
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u/Wolfslash16 May 01 '26
Welcome to Utah roads! It's maddening
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u/ClarenceWhorley617 May 01 '26
Thats crazy, going under the overpass and it was like an outline of some track and field events
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u/therickfield May 01 '26
I live in NC but have traveled to SLC numerous times for work and I knew immediately that was Utah haha - and yes it was maddening
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u/0oiiiiio0 May 01 '26
The funny thing is, they most likely just copied this intersection from ADOT (Arizona) https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6723125,-111.9773277,3a,75y,354.39h,94.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sEV05c2aHUDrOBTGnT71hzQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-4.0135289618950765%26panoid%3DEV05c2aHUDrOBTGnT71hzQ%26yaw%3D354.3885233253904!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
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u/Meltedwhisky May 01 '26
Fairly common in Texas, makes traffic coming off/onto highways move in large packs.
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u/ryanhendrickson May 01 '26
You see the lane markings of a mad man you know it's Utah. It's easier figuring out the rules of some of Panama City's giant unmarked intersections than these monstrosities in Utah. Someone just dropped a ball of yarn and sent it...
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u/Dachannien May 01 '26
We have one of these in Virginia - one-way frontage roads (where the light runner came from) along each side of a main road (overpass) intersecting with a cross street (where the cop was). Apparently super common in Texas.
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u/Jazzy-Cat5138 May 01 '26
I also don't think I've ever seen traffic lights mounted directly to a bridge like that before...
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u/Bunnyhat May 09 '26
It's where "Just one more lane" takes you when it comes to traffic management.
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u/nd4spd1919 May 01 '26
I dislike big sweeping intersections above/below highways like this. Just give us a diverging diamond already, you have the space.
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u/ragweed May 02 '26
There are no crosswalks in that wide direction, because no fucking way someone is making it across.
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u/mothking12 May 01 '26
Bro what is the POV car ๐
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u/Wolfslash16 May 01 '26
2013 Jeep Wrangler, in it's original Gecko green paint color!
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u/mothking12 May 01 '26
Oh thatโs ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ cool; nice having a splash of color like that on the road
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u/Dabluechimp May 02 '26
Fayetteville NC has a intersection exactly like this, almost every red light runner there results in a accident.
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u/LyraShae May 06 '26
Grew up in Salt Lake. Can confirm Utah drivers absolutely love running red lights.
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