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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
It's called risk reduction and best practices. You can't eliminate all risk. But you absolutely can reduce it. This is one method of reducing risk.
I think it's stupid to have to completely stop at a red light even though it's obvious no one is approaching from any other direction at the intersection. And yet - I come to a complete stop. Even if I have the "right on red." The traffic light exists to protect me, and every other driver, and pedestrian, on the road. At 2 in the morning when there's no one else around for a mile, it seems stupid to have it. But there it is. And I'll abide by it, however frustrating it might be.
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Up north (NY/NJ) many of the lights would be flashing red in the middle of the night. I don't see that so much here in Florida though; maybe because I'm not usually driving around in the middle of the night as I get older.