So, does a person get a ticket for that. I have seen a few trucks do that because it can take them a while to get through the light. I hear the cameras doesn't get you if you're most of the way through it but I am interested in how that works.
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Discussion in 'Swift' started by Gold_Miner, Nov 16, 2011.
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If your past the stop line, therefore in the intersection, before the red, no harm, no ticket. Besides, the red is just decoration anyway.
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I think a lot would depend on the demeanor of the officer who saw it happen, and where precisely you were in his opinion. If I am approaching a stale light, I always kinda lift off until I have passed my point of no return, then I am on the fuel again. At larger intersections that have cross walks, I glance at the crosswalk light, sometimes it has a countdown timer, sometimes the sign just flashes. Gives me a better guess as to when the light may change.
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He's enjoying the Phoenix hospitality but I think we have worn out our welcome here. headed to that Nogales thingy then off to Ohio.
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Being new it is hard to get used to doing everything like it was second nature. I have to shift at 1500 rpm, downshift at 1100 rev engine +400, remember to double clutch, check my mirrors, observe what is going on in front of me and all other sides, listen to instructor, know which gear I am in, and they want me to narrate what I am doing. Whew...
It is a lot to do for a person that has never drove a big truck before. I will get it and I think it will be easier when I lose the instructor telling me what to do all the time. At least it will be one less distraction. -
Scary part when I was doing my driving in school was I was locked left to get the truck around a tight corner, and then the right steering wheel started sliding on some ice, I was swearing and seeing the opposite gutter coming towards me realy quick, then finally gripped and got around, wasnt that worried though as I was maybe at 10mph, and if I hit the gutter would of just been a jolt
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