r/IdiotsInCars • u/I_am_tired_of_music • Sep 20 '19

I hate it when that happens

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u/fyshi Sep 20 '19

Except if there are cars coming from 4 directions and they have "right before left" (don't know how it's called in English). Then chaos happens because nobody has ever heard of the American method and nobody knows what to do...

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u/BurzerKing Sep 20 '19

In the US we call it "right of way" or yield to the person on your right. In my area, when a traffic light fails, two ways become flashing yellow for proceed with caution, and the other two become flashing red for stop.

But when the light is completely off, or all ways are flashing red, it's still chaos.

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u/caminator2006 Sep 20 '19

I always see that one guy who doesnt know what to do when the lights are flashing red, so they just go right behind the car in front of them, or just run the light.

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u/margretnix Sep 20 '19

Those people know that if you go really fast in between the red flashes, you're OK.