07-11-2017, 10:34 AM
(07-11-2017, 10:11 AM)MidTowner Wrote: Was that the reason? I'm trying to think about how you could get confused about that there. At least, confused enough to cross the yellow line.
I doubt the person was maliciously doing it.
You can see as they approach Charles that they press on the brakes. They're slowing down. It's clear that they are unsure about something. I'm guessing they see the ION tracks curving across the intersection, and get confused/distracted by them. They're not used to driving through an intersection with a diagonal curving hunk of concrete through it. Perhaps their gut response to concrete is that it's a curb, so they begin a correction away from it (the drift to the left in the intersection) but then they quickly realize that there's nowhere to go, and that it's not actually an obstacle. They refocus on the road ahead, and realign their car in the lane ahead, not realizing that they've drifted an entire lane to the left. Perhaps they notice the stop bar they drove over, but assume it must be a glimpse of the pedestrian crosswalk; they were too busy reorienting themselves after the intersection confusion to know for sure.
Do you have another theory?