09-05-2012, 11:28 AM
(09-05-2012, 11:17 AM)OnBendedKnee Wrote: Left turn on red if there is no oncoming traffic (and no cops around)!! Why wait for the left turn green arrow if there is no traffic coming at you??
(Sorry for the double punctuation, but dang, there should be a law. . . or in this case, there shouldn't be a law. . . whatever...
You drive in California and really have to ask the question of why there are not "conditional" laws? People are stupid. They have to be prompted not to point sharp or pressurized things at their own faces, and they think a handheld computer is a good thing to try and operate while in motion. You actually think they're able to correctly identify the difference between "probably safe to turn" and "Oh look a logging truck bearing down on my Civic"?
The only benefit of letting idiots pick and choose when they can turn left is the potential weeding out of the gene pool that would follow. Of course, the problem is those morons rarely die.