You'd rarely if ever see someone jump a red light and if they did people would honk their horns and flash them with headlights, five years ago happened occasionally but still a rare occurrence.
Today alone I have witnessed 12 car's, two vans and a lorry.
This is now a daily occurrence and if it hasn't already started I imagine that collisions and deaths due to red light jumping will be on the increase. |
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By *eavilMan 43 weeks ago
Stalybridge |
Standard of driving is a lot worse than 20 years ago - as is general behaviour. When I walk down the main road near where I give there is the constant smell of wacky baccy coming from almost every work van and a majority of he cars. Most drivers appear to be in their own little work and don't give a shit about anyone else. |
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By *ty31Man 43 weeks ago
NW London |
Motorists have become more persecuted over the last 20 years and traffic management systems have gotten worse (more bus lanes, LTNs and phasing of traffic signals etc) which have slowed down traffic speed considerably.
It's human nature that drivers get frustrated and take risks like running the light. |
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I have noticed a lot more cars still going across junctions when the lights on my side go green recently. It happens so often, with all sorts of drivers (and not the boy racer types you would expect) that I am beginning to think that light timings must have changed or something. I can’t believe that pretty much everyone is jumping a red every time. |
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I'll get slagged off for this, but whatever. A well known medically confirmed long term injury resulting from covid infection is "brain fog", affecting a high proportion of covid sufferers. This is essentially due to actual damage within the brain, and the amount of damage has been seen to increase with multiple infections.
The observable symptoms include slowed reactions, memory difficulties, increased anger levels, inability to process quickly changing situations, low concentration. Equivalent to having consumed several pints of beer, or having a brain age of 80 or older.
Of course someone will now tell me that it's purely a result of lockdowns, that having a break from driving for a couple of months led to a mass loss of driving ability that cannot be recovered even three years later. Even affecting people that have only started driving during the post-lockdowns period... |
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