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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
That's right, when there is a truck, sometimes a pick-up or a large SUV, you might not be able to see oncoming traffic. That's simple---you don't go if you can't see, even if the driver behind is "pressuring you" or honking. That's a given. But that's not what we are discussing. What some are proposing is that the yellow flashing arrow be changed to red when the straight away light turns green. This means you sit there. You sit there if it is clear no one is coming. You sit there at 10 PM when there is no traffic. You sit there for absolutely no reason other than a few morons turned right in front of oncoming traffic. As Judge Judy says, "You can't fix stupid". And guess what---a red arrow won't fix stupid either---they will just find another way to manifest their stupidity.
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In general, it is probably a pretty good tradeoff for a car to have to sit for a few minutes at 10 PM than have a situation when a car turning left can be HIT and people injured or DEAD. DEAD is more PERMANENT that a few minutes delay - last time I checked. When a Senior is involved in a crash, there would likely, on average, be worse physical and medical outcomes. Then we have a whole slew of costly situations. The children and grandchildren of the injured Senior are negatively affected. A spouse may have been at home. We could have HIGH hospital costs and long physical therapy costs.
.......ALL this pain and suffering because someone has NOT upgraded the roads or added more Police to make up for the increasing Village traffic and drivers pushing the limits of speed and hazardous driving. For me, I would choose life over inconvenience !!!!!