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I agree with the others, in 99% of the box-blocking incidents I see it happens because people in cars just HAVE to get into the intersection even if there isn't enough room. If traffic is moving that slowly it's just as fast for everyone to wait and treat the green light more like a yield or stop sign and wait until there is space to go across. Ramming more and more vehicles through doesn't make the traffic move any faster.

How do you approach a 60-70+ ft wide intersection like a stop sign? It's simply not possible to wait for the car before you to clear the intersection. Also if there are already 3 cars in it you have to account for them on the other side so you need to predict for space in the next 100+ feet, in traffic no less. This is why I am opposed to strict or automatic (camera) enforcement. It just either punishes people for bad luck, or it encourages traffic conditions equal to gridlock.

by DC Driver on Oct 27, 2011 12:56 pm • link • report

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