General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

The habit is engrained and sometimes it's hard to do the logic when we've been taught that flashing lights = stop. I'd rather someone stop unnecessarily than fly through when kids are coming off a bus.

The problem is that consistency is more important than conservativeness.  If you stop, you might cause a rear-end collision, or worse, you might make a child think that all the cars will stop on both sides....

This is why our current crossing situation is so terrible, drivers stop incorrectly for me, but I cannot cross, because I cannot tell if they are stopping or just distracted, and someone coming from behind might go around....I've nearly been hit multiple times because of this.

Follow the rules.