Post by jeepsteve92xj on Aug 8, 2013 8:33:22 GMT -5
Waiting at a light for nothing is annoying. One on ramp here, at about 9PM, light freeway traffic, I'm in a Jeep Cherokee, at least three times I was stuck by a metered light. One time for example: Two lanes, no other traffic on the ramp, I pull up at one and wait. More than a minute goes by, no change, another vehicle pulls up to the adjacent lane and gets an immediate green. ? I wait. I know I am on camera. Another car pulls into the adjacent lane and gets a green. Not me? I back up and move over. Does the light change? nope. Third car comes down the ramp behind me and takes my former lane, and guess what??
Go on, guess!
He gets the green.
I've been here for over 6 minutes already. I finally flip off the camera and drive on. Never got a ticket or anything, but I'd take it to court.
Another ramp in Milwaukee, in a 2+ ton full sized Dodge van. A little rain, medium 4PM pre-rush hour traffic, I pull onto an entry ramp, metered, two lanes. My light does not change. Traffic stacks up behind me. All vehicles who choose the other lane get instant green. Cars and trucks behind me start moving over to the other lane and also green after green after green. But never my lane. Finally I just go, it has been several minutes already. As I crest the hill, I can see in my mirrors, the next car is still waiting at that light. I am probably already 1/2 a mile away.
I have a copy of the WI statute for motorcycles and bikes someplace, I should have a copy in each vehicle. I have read that supposedly that statute applies to any vehicle if the light is not changing in a reasonable amount of time.
Sitting at a red for 2 or three minutes with cross traffic coming at about 40 seconds, you wonder if a cop will screw you or give you the benefit of doubt. When it is 5AM and very little traffic, why aren't more lights treated as stop signs, or yeild signs? I made a right to make a u-turn to get back to my planned direction of travel and there was a cop in a driveway. Would he have nailed me for going? Was he sleeping? He probably could have ticketed me for a u-turn. (Until recently, while many intersections did have NO U-turn signs, the general rule was no u-turns were allowed in WI. A coworker has a ticket to that effect. Now main drags like in Brookfield have more left turn lanes, where you can or have to make make a u-turn in order to get to where you are going. Or when you leave a place, you cannot turn left, you must turn right and make a U-turn in order to get the required direction. Nearly all NO U-turn signs are gone. Just a few left in bad intersections.
Go on, guess!
He gets the green.
I've been here for over 6 minutes already. I finally flip off the camera and drive on. Never got a ticket or anything, but I'd take it to court.
Another ramp in Milwaukee, in a 2+ ton full sized Dodge van. A little rain, medium 4PM pre-rush hour traffic, I pull onto an entry ramp, metered, two lanes. My light does not change. Traffic stacks up behind me. All vehicles who choose the other lane get instant green. Cars and trucks behind me start moving over to the other lane and also green after green after green. But never my lane. Finally I just go, it has been several minutes already. As I crest the hill, I can see in my mirrors, the next car is still waiting at that light. I am probably already 1/2 a mile away.
I have a copy of the WI statute for motorcycles and bikes someplace, I should have a copy in each vehicle. I have read that supposedly that statute applies to any vehicle if the light is not changing in a reasonable amount of time.
Sitting at a red for 2 or three minutes with cross traffic coming at about 40 seconds, you wonder if a cop will screw you or give you the benefit of doubt. When it is 5AM and very little traffic, why aren't more lights treated as stop signs, or yeild signs? I made a right to make a u-turn to get back to my planned direction of travel and there was a cop in a driveway. Would he have nailed me for going? Was he sleeping? He probably could have ticketed me for a u-turn. (Until recently, while many intersections did have NO U-turn signs, the general rule was no u-turns were allowed in WI. A coworker has a ticket to that effect. Now main drags like in Brookfield have more left turn lanes, where you can or have to make make a u-turn in order to get to where you are going. Or when you leave a place, you cannot turn left, you must turn right and make a U-turn in order to get the required direction. Nearly all NO U-turn signs are gone. Just a few left in bad intersections.
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