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Are you a red light runner?

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Postby method » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:07 pm

Dell'Orto wrote:I do, and laugh defiantly. Ha HA!


No but seriously, I have run a red light before...intersection of Ruahine and Tremaine ave, turning right on to Ruahine. Was about half past 10 at night, and I was sitting on a red arrow for 2 minutes (I actually timed it!). I think there must have been an issue with the phasing, as its never happened there before.


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Postby Bling » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:39 pm

now THAT is a sick burn :lol:
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Postby Snoozin » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:28 pm

Dell'Orto wrote:I do, and laugh defiantly. Ha HA!


No but seriously, I have run a red light before...intersection of Ruahine and Tremaine ave, turning right on to Ruahine. Was about half past 10 at night, and I was sitting on a red arrow for 2 minutes (I actually timed it!). I think there must have been an issue with the phasing, as its never happened there before.


Hate that. Happens often at Princess and Church St too. So once, I ran a red light while doing a burnout, racing anther car, and I had a loud exhaust, a plethora of uncertified modifications, no WOF or rego, AND to top it off I wasn't wearing a seatbelt. It was so f**king extreme.
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Postby Al » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:51 pm

touge rolla wrote:But yeah I'm sick of the lights turning green and having to wait while 3 or 4 cars who seem to think red lights don't apply whilst turning right go through before I can go. (Colombo and Burlington St cnr being one of the worst intersections for this behaviour in CHCH)


That happens because there is people gunning it straight ahead when the light is about to turn red.
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Postby Dell'Orto » Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:58 pm

Snoozin wrote:
Dell'Orto wrote:I do, and laugh defiantly. Ha HA!


No but seriously, I have run a red light before...intersection of Ruahine and Tremaine ave, turning right on to Ruahine. Was about half past 10 at night, and I was sitting on a red arrow for 2 minutes (I actually timed it!). I think there must have been an issue with the phasing, as its never happened there before.


Hate that. Happens often at Princess and Church St too. So once, I ran a red light while doing a burnout, racing anther car, and I had a loud exhaust, a plethora of uncertified modifications, no WOF or rego, AND to top it off I wasn't wearing a seatbelt. It was so f**king extreme.


I bet you were drunk, high on P and leaving the scene of a vicious rape/murder/assault on an elderly person too.
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Postby molex » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:42 pm

If I was braking hard enough for things to start flying around the car I would be far more concerned about the person behind me running up my arse. They more often than not have already planted boot in preparation for slipping through the orange.

I'm just saying that if your shopping is hitting the back of your seat, the safer thing to do was probably just to cruise through. It's a good measure of when is too late. I do not run reds.
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Postby Gonad » Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:33 pm

Auckland is pretty bad for accelerating rather than braking for orange lights. I'm guilty of that from time to time. Lets be honest here, you dont do it coz something might move in your car, you do it because you cant be arsed waiting, thats what I told the cop. I thought....Hmmmm perhaps honesty is the way to his heart.

Anyway, its bad but dont say you've never done it (unless you live in a small town with no lights and never leave, Taupo not included, they have one set of lights and I'm sure Saturday night hi-jinx invloves "running the light")

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Postby Dell'Orto » Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:58 pm

method wrote:It wont pick up rust and bog, it needs some steel! :lol: :lol:


Actually, rust is still ferrous, and Nutech has metal in it, so HA!
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Postby johntramp » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:47 pm

yeah, if there is no one around.
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Postby pjay » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:55 pm

nah, have been ticketed for driving through an amber though. Pissed me right off.

Wont run a red, unless i have blue and red in the rearview mirror...

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Postby skoty » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:09 pm

Red light runners piss me off the most out of all driving offences. I've been almost hit too many times to list by these pricks. I never hesitate to use the horn and let them know I'm $&#$% off that there big piece of sh*t Ponsnoby 4wd tracter almost hit me. Yes most offenders I find tend to be middle aged business men that blatently run them. Hope they install more red light cameras, the best thing they could do!
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Postby soopachargen » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:08 pm

being from the sticks (whangarei) i find it quite a cultural experience driving in auckland, the amount of people running oranges and reds down there would leave no one waiting at the reds in whangarei
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Postby TURCEL » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:03 pm

When I have a green light and first in line, Ill usually wait a few seconds or wait until the red lanes have stopped.... But this is Auckland styles :lol:

I usually see a red light runner every morning on Vestry Drive/Gt Sth Rd.
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Postby skoty » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:15 pm

TURCEL wrote:When I have a green light and first in line, Ill usually wait a few seconds or wait until the red lanes have stopped.... But this is Auckland styles :lol:



...Yeah but it shouldn't be like that :roll:

I heard somewhere that is aussie you get hit with a $1150 fine for running a red so you would be pretty stupid to take your chances. $150 here is just really a slap on the hand for the type of offence.
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Postby MasCam » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:49 pm

Al wrote:
touge rolla wrote:But yeah I'm sick of the lights turning green and having to wait while 3 or 4 cars who seem to think red lights don't apply whilst turning right go through before I can go. (Colombo and Burlington St cnr being one of the worst intersections for this behaviour in CHCH)


That happens because there is people gunning it straight ahead when the light is about to turn red.


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Postby Urban-Cruiser » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:55 am

I fu.king hate people that run reds. I see it all the time when going home silly hours in the morning. Even seen a truck and trailer run a red, even tho my light had been green enough for me to pass thru.
I wish i had the power to pull them over and beat the sh.t out of them. Where is a cop when you need one?
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Postby Zak » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:07 pm

Hahaha, walking back along past grafton bridge, see this big f**ken flash of light, look up and another flash. Two c**t's just got done through the red 8)

Had a big white spot in my eyes for about 20 mins from it, but damn it was worth it. There needs to be more cameras, that would help the problem a bit.
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Postby rollaholic » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:42 pm

auckland is full of cocks and terrible drivers, explains 95% of the red light angst i reckon.

shits me right off too.
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Postby snwtoy » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:59 pm

rollaholic wrote:auckland is full of cocks and terrible drivers, explains 95% of the red light angst i reckon.

shits me right off too.


The thing that $&#$% me off the most is that it's "caught on" - people now do it because they see so many other people doing it that they think it's ok, and even worse the RIGHT thing to do (as evidenced by those hit from behind when stopping for an orange)
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Postby Mike- » Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:26 pm

traffic lights are a guide for people who dont know the give way rules :D

but seriously ill only run red for left turns, i wont come flying round the corner but if im sitting there for ages and theres no traffic on the green then ill just go.
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