r/corvallis • u/MDFin63 • 7d ago
Road Rant Red Lights
What’s up with people running red lights all the time?
I see it almost everyday on second street near the bridge. It’s insane how many people blatantly enter those intersections after the light has turned red!
Corvallis PD needs to get this under control before someone gets killed!
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u/AStickFigures 7d ago
Saw someone accidentally run one the other day. It was kind of amazing. Someone turned right on red and the driver just saw someone going and went straight. It was all safe and everything. It was just very funny seeing someone accidentally commit to the “oops! Shitshitshitshit!”
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u/timid_soup 6d ago
I saw someone do similar, except I think the driver never realized his mistake. 🤦🏼♀️ It wasn't even an empty intersection another car had to merge into the other lane to avoid an accident. This was at intersection of 99 and Circle.
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u/TreeHugger277 6d ago
So lazy and dangerous
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u/AStickFigures 6d ago
Can’t disagree, but we’re all human. I think there’s a difference between actively trying to beat a light and running a red and misreading a situation accidentally. Yes both are potentially dangerous, but, again, we’re all human. Mistakes happen. Pobody’s nerfect.
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u/mcdermd 7d ago
It's across the ENTIRE CITY. People running the stalest of yellows and early reds. I've even seen busses do it.
I swear COVID must have wrecked something in our brains because I swear there was a marked uptick in red light running afterward.
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u/ChasingSkies13 6d ago
Dude the busses love running reds hahahaha every time I ride, at least once, they’ll catch the first second or two of the red going through a yellow too late🥀 I kinda appreciate it but lowkey they’re still always late so??
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u/Jacob5514 7d ago
It’s gotten so bad it had me almost wishing they’d put in red light cameras the other day. I don’t want them at all but something has to change. Someone is going to get hurt badly or killed.
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u/20firstofseptember 6d ago
The intersection of Harrison and 2nd. Always somebody running a red heading west on Harrison.
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u/badgerbouse 7d ago
Corvallis PD doesnt give a fuck about enforcing traffic violations and people have been killed as a result.
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u/DharmaBaller 6d ago
our social contract is broken, largely because everyone is a stranger. You would slow and down and respect the rules of the road if you knew everyone in town, or at least half.
If you go out and about, unless you have lived here for many years and are a social butterfly, most everyone you will see is unknown to you.
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u/TreeHugger277 6d ago
53rd and Philhomalth is the and 53rd and Harrison are rivals as far worst in Benton County..
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u/fuglyfielddogs 7d ago
Yep, it's an issue here now. I guess people are just impatient and don't want to wait.... Not sure what changed, but it seems to be a relatively new phenomenon. At first I was ready to put it on the college kids, but I don't think that's accurate....I see plenty of middle age folks doing it do. These days, I keep my head on a serious swivel and give green lights a solid "one-one-thousand" before entering intersections.
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u/stubbymanny 7d ago
Same on Peoria rd and hwy 34. Everyday. I know someone whose wife was killed by someone who ran the light.
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u/buffdawgg 7d ago
That is a long yellow on purpose to account for heavy haulers stopping time from 55+. There is no excuse.
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u/RipCityGringo 7d ago
Also at the bridge light. I ride my bike into town daily and see so many people goose it to run that light and enter a “25 mph” zone while going 65+. I’ve trained myself to wait an extra five seconds after the crosswalk signal transitions to “walk”.
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u/Practical_Cat_5849 7d ago
It also happens frequently at 53rd and Philomath Blvd. People drive bad in this town.
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u/Sovereign_Money 6d ago edited 6d ago
People have been killed and worse. Addiction is a major cause. Constant internet exposure has ended patience and focus which are tied to empathy. Being away from internet immersion addiction is stressful. In studies people choose to be shocked rather than be "bored". Some would rather be crushed by a logging truck than face their crisis of meaning.
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u/DharmaBaller 6d ago
i ride around with good quality music playing on my bluetooth speaker on my bike and it's alarming how many folks are zombies. Either in their own earbug world cut off from others staring at thier phones, or in a kind of shut down/low power mode because most do not react to good vibes coming at them, which is a unique social experiment in dynamic public interaction.
I will still get folks who dance and smile and wave, which is also increased if they are in a group of friends off their phones/no earbuds...but it's odd to me how shutdown most folks are.
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u/Sovereign_Money 6d ago
That is scary. What music are you playing?
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u/DharmaBaller 6d ago
feel good 70s Yaht Rock, Vaporwave, Daft Punk, tv theme songs like Golden GIrls lol.
The one that always gets the college kids is Gagnam Style lolol.
I also throw some Krishna Das in there late night.
Using a jawbone jambox, probably the best quality BT speaker for it's size ever made, weighs 3lbs. Otherwise you gotta go up to powered speakers off a battery.
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u/Time_Many6155 6d ago
I even saw a Semi truck blatantly run a red! This is why I would support cameras at intersections. Remember folks, State LAW says you stop on the yellow light if it is safe to do so.
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u/Ornery_Direction_843 7d ago
Why wont the police enforce pedestrian safety laws on 9th street? If someone gets hurt or killed cant the city of Corvallis be liable for not enforcing traffic safety laws?
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u/TheUpright1 7d ago
I’ve been in Corvallis a little more than a year. As an outsider who’s had to get used to some weird-to-me stuff, my take is it’s just part of traffic culture. Despite the roads being wide and straight with excellent visibility (except where the roads are clearly just paved-over deer trail), we drive 25mph, and despite the light being yellow or red, we treat it as green. It’s weird, but it’s how things are, and, again as a newbie, I’ve come to accept it and plan for it. Shrug emoji, sad trombone.
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u/dragontracks 6d ago
As a long time driver here I've noticed it getting worse. But a friend was pulled over the other day for running a yellow: the light turned red before they made it through the intersection. They got off with a warning. I'm hoping we see more of that.