I've never before seen this in 60 years of driving.

[@globalautobahn1132]

In Germany and other parts of Europe, the red light is at the front of the intersection so they probably got confused considering it’s a five point intersection

[@JadedeaJade]

I actually got caught up by this, both in Europe, and then coming back home. Hahahhahahaha. It's sort like forgetting how to drive for a second.

[@ralfbaechle]

Almost certainly. I think Camada is the only country which does it like the USA but I don't think I've encountered this arrangement anywhere else on the world.

[@Michael-ie7fo]

Yes, when they came to America, (2021) they were even turning down the wrong side of the road, going into oncoming traffic. Proof of invasion

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

@@ralfbaechle I've had a few people from Europe tell me they prefer the NA way of doing it, they say the lights are a lot easier to see though they did say it took a while to get used to.

[@ralfbaechle]

@@namegoeshereorhere5020 I wholeheartedly partially agree ;-) In the NA system lights are easily visible. The European system can be a pain for drivers of certain vehicles. Imagine the light is very close to the driver, in the shade of the car's roof. Happens most often to tall drivers who move the seat all the way back. The NA system doesn't lend itself so well to some very complex and weird crossings which in Europe we have plenty of. (For fun, lookup "magic roundabout" in the UK. It's complex but I think there no traffic lights.) Either system is a problem when after a 10h+ flight a drivers steps into a car on the other side of the ocean started a jetlagged drive forgetting things are different now.

[@maritasue5067]

I did that, briefly, on my second ever drive in traffic (age 15). The driving instructor assured me the red light did not apply to me and to keep going. In the next block there was a road work sign and a row of cones. I managed to knock them all down. After day two, I calmed down and actually learned to drive. That driving instructor was a combat vet with such a quiet way about him, but nerves of steel. Thanks to him I’ve been driving for 65 years, across the country, back and forth to Alaska, through blizzards, major cities from New York to Los Angeles, and never ticketed for traffic violations and never a serious accident.

[@lmor7110]

Everyone needs an instructor like that!

[@lightlingzooma-69]

dang r.i.p

[@V.E.R.O.]

Nice! I learned to drive on my own on a military base in Puerto Rico. I had mentioned to a coworker that I needed to get groceries but didn't have a ride, he had an extra car and let me borrow it. I didn't tell him I didn't know how to drive! The base was pretty much empty of traffic after 5pm so I practiced on base for about a month and then I went out. Got my driver's license in Puerto Rico.

[@Magical_Trash]

@@V.E.R.O.absolute Chad move

[@jb888888888]

You're not supposed to knock down the cones, you're supposed to weave back and forth through them.

[@frankied9577]

Probably a tourist from another country thinking it was a red light

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

old people shouldn't drive

[@asthemillertoldhistale1361]

If you’d ever driven in Georgia, this wouldn’t surprise you.

[@timberwolfdtproductions3890]

Really? Name a country that requires you to stop in the middle of the intersection.

[@wnfaknd]

In most countries around the world, you cannot go beyond where the red light is. The concept of putting the light on the other side of the intersection is a foreign concept for most people that are not from the US. Also making a right turn on a red is illegal in most countries apart from the US and for the same reason (the light is red)

[@sportbikejesus]

@@wnfaknd we put the lights on the far side of the street so you can see it turn green without being in a convertible.

[@DashCamSerbia]

Because in Europe we have traffic light before, not after the intersection.

[@wizardsuth]

How can you see when your light changes if you're directly under it?

[@inga5567]

@@wizardsuththe stopping point (line) is one-car distance before the traffic light. I recently came from 🇹🇷, started to drive and almost did the same mistake😂

[@DashCamSerbia]

@@wizardsuth It is not very convenient. You have to bow your head sometimes, if you are first at the traffic light.

[@ThePC007]

We don't. We just wait for the people behind us to start honking.

[@inga5567]

@@ThePC007 😂👍

[@moteroargentino7944]

He's a little confused but he has the spirit.

[@reesedaniel5835]

The spirit of stupidity 😁🙄

[@richardmullins44]

@@reesedaniel5835 I'm a bit paranoid. I would have been spooked by the red light too.

[@king-ghost1027]

Lol

[@schqrr]

LMAO

[@sciontcfanclub]

Most likely a tourist driving a rental car. Base model RAV4, looks like a white permanent registration sticker in place of a year sticker. Other countries stop lights are before the crosswalk not across like ours.

[@nlpnt]

My thought exactly. Traffic signals in Europe are more commonly on the same side as approaching traffic, not across it like here.

[@KenCobourne]

Only if someone is on it!

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

@@sciontcfanclub And it’s the same thing here….

[@sciontcfanclub]

@@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333 no. Their traffic lights are before the intersection, ours are on the other side.

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

@@sciontcfanclub The original comment says most other countries stop before the cross walk. It’s the same thing in the U.S., just not the crosswalk on the other side of the intersection.

[@affleberryfondue5288]

Better than running an actual red light as I've seen many, many times.

[@joesmith1574]

Yea, but if somebody was following him, he would get rear ended expecting him to continue. Then you got the three cars driving in the bike lane, too.

[@nawawiawi4013]

Better. But dangerous

[@delphvine89]

😡😡😡 and running stop signs

[@ianrobinson4200]

See it almost every day, people try to make the green and it's red by the time they reach the intersection and they keep going anyway

[@mojrimibnharb4584]

In america running an actual red is less dangerous than this.

[@chrisflores4788]

They probably though it was a wierd place for a traffic light 😂

[@danieldaniels7571]

By most of the world's standards it is

[@gareonconley1956]

So confusing that the light is at the other end of the huge intersection. I wouldn't even feel responsible to obey it and just be confused

[@choonblaze]

USA is a weird place

[@RM6737]

It is. That's why there's so many more people running through red lights and t-bone crashes in the US, compared to Europe.

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@RM6737 I always assumed that was because it's too easy for anyone to get and keep a license compared to Europe.

[@poppyneese1811]

We totally lack empathy for others anymore, I’m sure they thought they were doing the right thing even though they weren’t, I totally see the reasoning behind their action.

[@choonblaze]

Or they were just confused as USA is such a weird place

[@ShurikenGamer]

Yeah it's alright atleast their reason isn't that stupid

[@ClubSilencio-x8d]

Well, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect other drivers to know the rules of the road, especially one that is so fundamental. I’ve been driving almost 40 years and have never seen something like this.

[@edg8535]

There is no valid reason for stopping when he did. He made a left turn on a valid green light.

[@JMR_2028]

@@choonblazeif they were confused then they shouldn’t have been driving. It’s that simple. Maybe Europe is the weird place

[@MexicanChih]

Tourist from Europe was confused at the light

[@Martindyna]

A friend of mine failed his driving test doing exactly that.

[@vlz.matthew]

they were probably european... but USA is better for their traffic lights... been to europe and putting the light right in front of your car is super stupid and difficult to see.... even tho the lights are usualy on the side

[@williamzander9708]

Drove millions of miles in a semi and I did that one time in Kentucky I turned off the highway to go to a truck stop and they have a light at the end of the ramp and then they have a light in the middle of the intersection to let you turn one turns green while the other is red so your stuck in the middle of the dam road on a red . Then when the light turns green you have to swing out and every vehicle waiting won’t let you clear the turn there on your right honking. Bad design.

[@drthumpensteen547]

his shrooms kicked in

[@frauwolftherehorse]

😂

[@rayrocker5150]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 yup

[@gobotjones]

That was my first thought

[@ksb2112]

Based on the location it is highly likely the driver was stoned.

[@JeanneRapa-yl1qf]

drthumpensteen547. 😆😅🤣

[@LesleyDT6227]

He actually stopped on a pedestrian crossing

[@kfelix2934]

Yeah i was saying the same thing. I could probably have let that slide but in reality if a pedestiran was in the crossing , you probably shouldn't have turn left to begin with.

[@apscoradiales]

@@kfelix2934 Bad road design, I say.

[@Silverdale15]

Not familiar with it all at least he just sat it out...

[@milomilo55]

Yup. Right next to a sign that said _DO NOT BLOCK INTERSECTION_ .

[@kfelix2934]

@@apscoradiales No just a bad driver

[@donaldanderson6604]

As a Brit, I want to know why is everyone driving on the wrong side of the road?

[@apscoradiales]

American War of Independence!!! "No taxation without representation"

[@joeyjamison5772]

In the US, it's EXTREMELY DANGEROUS to drive on the left side!

[@southernbustransportation]

I drive in the left lane. Though, i got arrested every time for reckless driving. Ugh!!!

[@ALEKO878]

bruh this is not the uk people drive on both lanes

[@CrizzyEyes]

My guy it's literally you and Japan, rest of the world is on the right side. You are the ethnocentric clown here not Americans or anyone else

[@jamesyoung187]

There are countries in Europe where the red lights are right up at the side of the intersection where you stop. SMH

[@MomoThePeach2]

I think this is California, and California is not in Europe. Drive like a European when you're in Europe.

[@brickster000]

​@@MomoThePeach2I think it wasn't on purpose. Either they didn't know/forgot about the lights being positioned different or ingrained habit took over.

[@gentrydean3789]

​@@MomoThePeach2Hahaha "when in Rome..."

[@-na-nomad6247]

​@@MomoThePeach2 You "think" , you are not sure of what you're saying. Yet you are being an ass about it. Have some humility man, it won't kill you.

[@RaduRadonys]

"There are countries in Europe".. how about 99% of the countries on Earth? Americans, LOL :))

[@Jelloomi]

0:45 IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS

[@Terra-j9l]

Yep, that is what you think it is

[@celiarojas6825]

What

[@alecbader7433]

​@@celiarojas6825Sounds like a la cucaracha car horn, which has been a joke for a long time

[@Eiichiro_Oda_Real]

OLD MAN JENKINS

[@tokyooooooooo0]

Yes, it is Basuri.

[@empathy_is_only_human]

Never underestimate a driver's capacity to do really dumb things on the road. Just make sure you're responding to what they actually do and not to what you expect them to be doing.

[@mysticwolf75]

I'll never forget the time I was stopped at a red light, leaving the parking lot of OfficeMax, waiting to turn left with my left turn signal on. This guy pulls up behind me and starts laying down on his horn! I was like, "Are you kidding me? I can't turn left at a red light!" He was at it until the light turned green and I could finally (legally) turn. Since then, I have noticed the occasional illegal left turn at a red light, so he must have been one of those people.

[@niico76]

I’ve had that happen a lot too. Also when someone was walking the person behind me honked for me to turn but I couldn’t just run over the person.

[@one_mega_ohm9139]

​@@niico76 I've done that on accident. I'm sure they felt bad when they saw the person.

[@LCF-b4k]

In my State, I was taught that a driver may turn left at a red light after stopping IF turning on to a one-way street from another one-way street. However, whether it is left on red or right on red after stopping, a driver NEVER had to turn unless the driver felt safe doing so, no matter how much a vehicle behind wants the driver to turn and blows the horn or gestures.

[@nastynate4916]

The split second of the La Cucaracha horn adds to the chaos of this video lmaooo

[@posheditor]

😂

[@DaTruBacon]

0:17 HOW DOES HE HAVE THIS

[@daison96]

Have what?

[@YofavoriteShinobi]

the zoom? 😂

[@drinks_]

Probably the car that drove past after 😮😮😮

[@DaTruBacon]

@@daison96 someone has a pretty old car

[@apscoradiales]

As many have said, the driver is probably a tourist from Europe where traffic lights are located before the intersection, not after. We have another oddity here in Montreal. Intersections have normal traffic lights, but then some also have STOP sign at the front of the insection. So, if a light is red, you stop like in a normal red light traffic situation. But, when the light is green, do you still stop, because there is a STOP sign there? Hmmm...!

[@lolookie1682]

In my country, it's a common practice that intersections with traffic lights also have stop signs and other similar non-changing signs. If the traffic lights are on, you follow the lights and ignore the signs completely, and if the lights are off, you follow the signs as if the traffic lights were not there at all. It's because on some intersections, the traffic is so low at night that there is no point for the traffic lights to be active, so they just turn them off in the evening and turn them back on in the morning. Or it's just a security measure in case of a malfunction.

[@apscoradiales]

@@lolookie1682 Which country is that? Like I said, we have that in some intersections in Quebec too. Traffic light AND a Stop sign, which in my opinion is utterly ridiculous. A Stop sign means, you STOP no matter what, even if you have a green light or a purple light or any light. Stop means STOP! So what do you do if you have a green light, and then there is a Stop sign there as well? Do you stop or do you drive through? It's totally stupid, in my opinion. Now, what you do if the lights are malfunctions or not working? Our rules, say, you must stop, and proceed on the first-come-first-served basis. This is what we do in Ontario, Quebec, and many other places, INSPITE of the fact that, like I said before some intersections in Montreal havee a Stop sign as well as a traffic light.

[@lolookie1682]

@@apscoradiales It's the Czech Republic. And here, we don't have any first-come-first-served rule at intersections - the flow of traffic is regulated by traffic signs or traffic lights instead. One direction (usually the one with higher amount of traffic) is marked with a “main road” sign, which tells you that you have the right of way, and the others are marked with “give way” signs or stop signs, which tells you that you have to give way to the cars on the main road (and you have to also give way to the cars from the opposite direction if you want to turn left, no matter whether you are on the main road or the give-way road). That's the reason there are always signs alongside traffic lights - all intersections must have at least one of them, and the signs are there in case the lights don't work. The only exceptions are some intersections with very low amount of traffic in suburban areas, where there are no signs nor lights and everybody just gives way to the cars on their right and of course to the cars from the opposite direction if they want to turn left.

[@apscoradiales]

@@lolookie1682 I'm familiar withe the "priority road". I lived in Croatia, and driven across Europe a lot, so I know how the system works there. I wish we had some of that in Montreal. We have millions of four way stop signs, and no priority roads, even if some roads look more important and carry more traffic than the roads intersectiong it. So when you have a four way stop sign, then over here it's first-come-first-served. And, like I said sometimes we have semaphores AND stop signs at the samee time. It's dumb!

[@lolookie1682]

@@apscoradiales Yeah, all European countries basically share the same rules, only some minor details might be different.

[@rivernet62]

About the right turn though, most areas state the turn should be made "from the curb lane" so that was correct. As a bicyclist myself, I do not want right turning traffic cutting across the bike lane, so I agree.

[@rinosanchez2150]

In California, you can drive in the bike lane 200ft before the intersection to make a right turn.

[@markennes5208]

@@rinosanchez2150 ...and in most states

[@wizardsuth]

I've seen bike lanes protected by curbs that prevent cars from moving into the bike lane before a turn. Drivers must watch for bikes going through because they have the right of way over cars turning right.

[@kfelix2934]

And the bike is or was that tiny 3ft wide and not the location that cars would have parked at. These vehicles all are 100% legal in executing that turn, they did it safely and correctly.

[@markennes5208]

@@kfelix2934 Nope. I used to think so too, but I was wrong. Four cars turned right including the OP. First car was an illegal turn and could have potentially hit a biker. 2nd and 3rd cars turning right were legal. 4th car, the one with the camera, made an illegal right turn and could have potentially hit a biker. Look it up.

[@janeserrano7911]

A law abiding citizen who realized it was red light on the other side🙃

[@eggyrepublic]

when you put the conditional check in the wrong place in a loop:

[@THEL05]

😂

[@petessmith6623]

Let's all act like we never made a driving error while the cops and insurance companies laugh at us.

[@tonybryk3312]

Have you ever seen anybody just stop in the middle of an intersection like that? I never have. They didn't see the people all around them?

[@ariauroic]

@@tonybryk3312Tourist probably. It’s common to stop in front of red lights in Europe

[@tonybryk3312]

@@ariauroic but they don't see all the people driving and think this is wrong?

[@l-_-sage-_-l]

@@ariauroicyes let’s stop in the middle of an intersection over top of the crosswalk. Maybe use your brains or don’t drive in a foreign country

[@RaduRadonys]

@@tonybryk3312 Exactly 0 other drivers took a left there, so no, he didn't see the other 0 people that passed that red light.

[@emgee44]

I've seen this kind of thing a few times and also remember being in car when a work colleague did exactly the same thing, when driving in the US. Granted it was our first time visiting the US and I recall how we all yelled "YOU'VE STOPPED I THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, YOU'RE GONNA GET US KILLED"! Ah yes, how we laughed, fun times 😅 I have to say, as a Brit who has driven quite extensively in the US, I do like how you guys do your traffic signals compared us. 👌

[@WritingDaydreams]

Lol

[@misiekmisiek735]

The place where the lights are placed is confusing for a foreigner. Someone from Europe could be mistaken that it is red for him. See how the lights are put up in Europe, they are not on the other side of the road.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

It really shouldn't be, the rule is effectively the same. Don't enter the intersection on red.

[@RyanStillGames]

When you follow all the rules. I see red I stop! 🤣

[@madjunir]

I thought for a second it was an autonomous vehicle

[@mattwaters6987]

Yep, thought I'd seen it all too. Thanks for sharing this clip. 😮

[@user-calm_salty]

While driving, I often ask myself: Didn't they have to take the same driving test as me? wtf

[@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND]

Nope, not those from other countries....

[@MomoThePeach2]

@@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND But (s)he is driving in this country!

[@sagatuppercut2960]

What driving test?

[@lorgnetteify]

@@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND even so you already see differences; why follow your countries rules 😂 ridiculous

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@MomoThePeach2 The US accepts driver's licenses from most other countries on a short term basis. However, that really doesn't get them off the hook as they do still have to follow the rules that are in the place here and either the DMV or DOL is going to have a copy of the manual for download by anybody that wants the gist of what the rules are. You may get some leniency if it's a particularly obscure rule that isn't risking anybody's safety, but for this, it's pretty clear that you'd pass the light as there's no place provided to stop before it. Even that one intersection near me that's super short has space for 2 or 3 cars to wait for the light to change. if there weren't space for it, they would eliminate the light completely and adjust the other signals to make it work.

[@Dr.Bigglesworth]

On a divided highway I have seen people pull over for an ambulance on the other side of the highway. I have also seen people pull over for towtrucks.

[@zerooneonetwothree1872]

I would be so happy if everyone was like this person.

[@strangelee4400]

Being from the UK, that would confuse me aswell. If i saw those lights were red i would've stopped before making the turn and sat in the middle of the junction thinking that oncomming trafic had right of way.

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

The old Chevy pick up at 1:37 was pretty cool. I have noticed that people don’t stop at stop signs anymore. Just roll on thru.

[@double_joseph327]

Stop signs are a suggestion in California

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

@@double_joseph327 I live in the western suburbs of Chicago. Same.

[@Lorenzo-wl5xt]

That's been happening ever since the evil NWO unleashed the convid19 upon us. Driving skills plummeted since March 2020

[@Kathy_Bennett]

They're following the driving suggestions from the movie, Clueless, "I totally paused."

[@BradThePitts]

He stopped because his navigation asked him which of the 68 marijuana shops on Abbott Kinney Boulevard did he want to go to.

[@VeniceEveryday]

Are you a writer for SNL?

[@gareonconley1956]

@@VeniceEveryday Because it was so fucking unfunny? I was wondering why the damn light is literally in the middle of nowhere and not at the beginning of the intersection so he would know where to go? Is this always in America like that?

[@annettemichelle8350]

​@@gareonconley1956 yes

[@timothyproksch2915]

I’ve got a feeling he’s got a ticket in the mail for running a red light before and he’s not going to chance it

[@IGNANT4LIFE]

YES!!! lol

[@Niccole-oq8wo]

I thought that for a second, too.

[@wizardsuth]

The irony is that a red light camera could take a photo of him sitting in the middles of the intersection when the light is red, which could result in a ticket.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@wizardsuth Possibly, although not likely. There's a lot of issues with false positives that occur if the camera waits that long before taking the picture. An actual car running a red light tends to happen in the first 10ish seconds of the light changing.

[@stevenjoseph9381]

100% thats not an American driver.

[@brettrice7463]

If it is, it's a Kamala Harris voter.

[@stevenjoseph9381]

@brettrice7463 well... that would still not be an American.... 21 million illegals!....

[@reginabillotti]

​@stevenjoseph9381 10 million, 15 million, 21 million... the estimates people mention seem to magically go up all the time 😂

[@jonathanparle8429]

Even though we drive on the wrong side of the road here in Australia we have a similar light system - lights at the end (and beginning) of an intersection.

[@firstnamelastname7990]

It's easy to quickly think they are just stupid and bad at driving but you never know what the truth may be. It could be a kid just learning to drive and hasn't been taught any better or someone from another country nervous and getting confused with how they drive in their country. Don't be quick to judge. There's enough hate in the world.

[@Tarlyne]

❤

[@johntalbott1553]

I did that exact same thing the first time I drove. 47 years ago. Haaaa. 😎

[@babetravelling]

The Abbot Kinney intersection is entertaining 😅

[@truthhurtsalways4u]

I still vividly remember an adult acquaintance of mine asking me ,why i drove thru the red light on the same scenario. Its been 30 yrs ago but still couldnt forget what a stupid question it was . I had to elaborate it to her its rationale!

[@THEL05]

It’s just an european driver getting confused at driving rules of a country that doesn’t use metric system…

[@Hyperbole77]

The title of this video seem like a bit bit of an exaggeration, but it did not disappoint. It turned out to be highly accurate. I’ve never seen anything like that ever. As soon as you said “he must have stopped for the red light“ I thought, “Yep, that is exactly what he did. That is amazing.“

[@Modine.]

The black Tesla honked at him and he moved a little so there's that. 😆

[@peternolan4107]

Hello! I live in California. This is typical mindless driving. One time I was driving down a street and was going at about the speed limit. Not fast enough for the woman behind me. She passed me on the left. That's right. She drove against oncoming traffic. Cars were honking, brakes were squealing, people were screaming at her. She did it anyway. There are no rules of the road in the Golden State.

[@mandypandee1220]

This has happened to me too. The drivers here in CA are getting crazier every day!

[@amadeusendymion1272]

This is typical mindful driving. The driver is obeying the red light. The fact that Americans know that that's not what the actually intended to say is a mystery to other 8 billion of us. Seems to be a feature of the place though.

[@bengonzales1182]

Even the guy sitting on that bench is like "wtf is this car doing"

[@SuperSuperspoof]

It’s like seeing the flashing “Don’t Walk” and stopping partway across (except it turned out okay)

[@markflierl1624]

1:06 He also made a right hand turn from the wrong lane.

[@Carlisho]

Actually he did not, the prius and the bus are driving in the bike lane 😂

[@waterfall5024]

No, they were on the right lane, the far right lane is for bikers. The camera guy did the same.

[@AA-wq5sm]

That’s clearly the bike lane, even the video maker comments on it.

[@britkasablja007]

"Because in USA traffic lights are after the intersection"... that is so weird for us people from Europe... here is before the intersection and that make sense for many reasons...

[@Justmeyes]

There is no excuse for what it's done because even in Europe you wouldn't stop when you already crossed red light.

[@skybyte4me]

But he didn't crossed yet as I can see

[@monotongrauton]

I did the same when I first visit the US 😅, cause in Germany you would get fined if you cross this red light...

[@kurtkunz1742]

So isses.

[@theiyrosthenes1639]

You know he was cranking his neck trying to see the traffic light from right below it😂

[@watching..........6494]

My cat's breath smells like cat food

[@choonblaze]

That's not possible. She was eating dog food

[@watching..........6494]

​@@choonblazeokay Sheldon Cooper, apparently you don't understand sarcasm lol

[@choonblaze]

@@watching..........6494 lol you watch sheldon cooper? Adult diaper

[@jesserf6064]

when do you want to play some gta v online again?

[@jantesa]

Me fail English? That's unpossible!

[@chefbenardee1408]

The most realistic thing about this video is a lot of people driving in the bike lane... that sounds about right

[@RosaGamboa-u1f]

This guy recording obviously doesn't live in Fremont, CA.

[@superaijaz]

I have seen this happen in Taylor, Michigan. A van used to do this. A few times, we crossed paths and honked at them, but they were convinced they were true followers of the traffic rules.

[@DaGuys470]

Probably a tourist in a rental. In most countries you stop when you see red traffic lights, because they tend to be on the side of the intersection you are supposed to stop on. This person was probably confused why the traffic light was across the intersection.

[@kevin12567]

Pretty sure you’re supposed to pull into the bike lane just before turning right so you don’t cross in front of a biker from the car lane and potentially cause an accident.

[@ccederlo]

It happens. I've almost done this before. Driving is mentally taxing and our infrastructure can be confusing. Let's make transportation better for all and diversify out means of getting around

[@choonblaze]

Only possible if there was 2 billion people living in USA so the density would be like Europe then you could build proper infrastracture for pedestrians. Right now it's a deserted place like Australia so cars are a must. People who enjoy a more organic lifestyle live in Europe without any cars.

[@ccederlo]

@@choonblaze lol, what? What reason does the population have to increase substantially in order to increase density? Plus, many cities have the potential already. The problem is our obsession with cars for anything and everything. However, I acknowledge changing the culture and will of the USA is not likely to happen.

[@choonblaze]

@@ccederlo it's literally the definition of population density lol. European countries have way too many people per sq mile. USA has huge landmass but not many people to fill the density. Only NYC comes close to a proper European city but still falls short.

[@choonblaze]

@@ccederlo it's not just an obsession but a necessity since the country is so poorly designed. People grow up in cars, not having a clue what real organic life even looks like other than what they see on european tv shows and such. Needing a car to go grocery shopping or to a restaurant is an alien concept to me. US certainly is an oddball in that sense.

[@ccederlo]

@@choonblaze ya know, people can move closer together = higher density without substantial increase in population.

[@Thafold]

1:21 you need to STOP here and wait for at least 3 seconds. If you won't do that, thats like a red light violation. And if others honk at you while you doing this, thats like a red light violation for them.

[@bellabookitty9014]

"Holy crap " is right sir ! Lmao 🤣

[@Subject98]

Yeah that was a baffling decision. But I wanted to mention that at least in my area you're supposed to merge into the bike lane when turning right, you just have to yield to a bicyclist if there is one. It actually annoys me when people don't do that on the faster roads because it just slows everyone behind them down for no reason.

[@Bornflyhuhu]

You can tell this dude never been out of USA 😂😂

[@robbien3214]

His wife was scolding him because they were already late and he made a wrong turn.

[@dmo848]

People do go full retard when yelled at all the time. I've seen it and it's funny jus like this is

[@thomasformanek465]

They probably thought that it was a great place to stop and dial their cell phone.

[@Optimegatrongodzilla]

@thomasformanek465 Or, they're a tourist from another country. According to another commenter in this comment section, @globalautobahn1132, in some parts of the world, like in Germany and other European countries, red lights are at the fronts of intersections, so the driver might have gotten confused due to this being a 5-point intersection.

[@trevertravis8963]

Had to re-route their GPS.

[@jebstuart3162]

I've actually done this in a particulaly confusing intersection. The red light was so far away and it was a 6-point intersection so it kinda looked like I needed to stop. A few months later I saw someone else do the same exact thing at the same intersection and I had to wave them through

[@ToastGreeting]

KZbin reads my mind. Just within the past 2 days I was driving and was thinking "imagine someone turns on the green light then stops because they're now facing the red". Then I get recommended this less than 5 days later. Absurd

[@robertherman1146]

You must be living under a rock for 60 years-I see this stuff all the time

[@louiep9862]

Edibles and driving don’t mix.Not to mention the blocking of the crosswalk too. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@lesliehuynh7086]

The crossing guard was like..."you need something or direction???"

[@conradpfalzgraf]

It's that time of year when all the NEW drivers are out

[@VlaunBurtlecraft]

I've seen this before, many years ago at Torrance on 190th and Hawthorne. Woman was going through the intersection, but she stopped right in the intersection as the light turned red. Her car smack dab in the middle of the intersection causing all sorts of havoc. As a passanger I took a glance at her as we pass and I see she's entirely unfazed about the chaos she's causing. She was just looking straight on like nothing was happening. Like she didn't know she was supposed to continue through the intersection and get out of the way.

[@B-ch6uk]

I recently was driving on a busy highway when all of a sudden a car next to me started driving in reverse because he missed his exit. Can you imagine?

[@eddieraffs5909]

Stopped to text to his side girl saying "Is the coast clear, I'm only a mile away"?

[@Tolinar]

It was probably someone visiting relatives that didn't quite understand U.S. roads yet.

[@80PercentAshamedOfU]

They’re probably from some weird town or country where the traffic lights aren’t as far back, so they aren’t used to them being there. I don’t know. I’m trying to give the benefit of the doubt to make us feel better about the idea of people this dumb piloting 3,000+lb vehicles among us.

[@timberwolfdtproductions3890]

Weirder than the USA? No such place exists in the world today.

[@GameplaynEditor]

Out of all the drivers, I never seen this guy doing this...

[@gregrowe1168]

Time for grandpa to hand in the keys.

[@Mike_Davidson]

Has he lost his California mind? 🤷‍♂🤣🤣🤣🧠

[@roadking99jokerst60]

That's an oxymoron.

[@adamrussell658]

Its sad that schools no longer teach drivers ed.

[@Ripplesinthewaters]

Please don’t be so judgemental. The driver could have been a newly licensed kid who is still building their confidence and clarity about the rules of the road. This could also be a visitor from another country who was erroneously following ::their:: rules of the road back home. It’s easy enough to do. When we were in Scotland, we made plenty of mistakes on their roads. I dislike your attitude toward this person.

[@labelledujour5855]

I completely agree, I had a few instances like this when I got back from Japan after 6 years, I mean it was difficult, one early morning I was coming back from Philly some how I missed my exit I handed up on the opposite side of the road, luckily for me it was around 3am, the traffic wasn’t so heavy. People are so quick to judge these days, just sad.

[@Jupiter-T]

He didn't honk or act rude. He just commented to himself. And it's pretty justified to be frustrated with someone who doesn't understand traffic rules - that's more than stupid, it's dangerous

[@Ripplesinthewaters]

@@Jupiter-T He tore this person’s character apart and he posted it. It’s one thing to be talking to himself, but he recorded it and posted it. That’s when it became rude.

[@scottsoucy6186]

For those of you that don't realize it, not all states allow you to complete a turn through a red light. People use the left turn lane wrong all the time, and if you turn right on a red light you are supposed to get into the closest lane, not the furthest.

[@Jupiter-T]

What?? If those lights were green, it wouldn't even be safe to make a left turn. Those lights HAVE to be red.

[@NotUrDJ]

Its not just europe but pretty much the rest of the world lol. I always wondered and felt weird seeing the traffic lights in the states way further ahead than the actual stop.

[@jameschan9634]

He was talking to the guy sitting on the bench. How could you or anybody here not see that?

[@turkey4957]

False. Guy on bench simply is looking over at the stupidity, the window is up the entire time of the white car and it could have pulled to the curb if it was talking to the dude.

[@sanchezjr13]

It was an Asian chick.

[@zaptor1514]

What country is he from? DEI folks.

[@markgentry6688]

A senior moment ❤

[@louiearagon9663]

He's smoking the good stuff 😂

[@puhbrox]

Bike lane? Thats a bike suggestion 😂 ill take the sidewalk thanks.

[@logTopic]

"You can never be too careful" - That guy

[@Dzaen2]

I don't know if he is from Europe. But if the red light would be placed there he would HAVE to stop. Red lights are placed before the intersections here.

[@kurtkunz1742]

It seems so. He drives away on green.

[@JimmyD806]

I've seen it before. A car stopped dead on the freeway for no reason. As I passed the car, I recognized the woman driving as a friend of my mom's. Turns out she had a rare form of brain cancer that was incurable. She was gone within 90 days of that.

[@brucea9871]

I saw something similar several years ago. There is a set of traffic lights at the entrance to a local shopping centre. Right at that intersection the road passing in front of the shopping centre splits into two parts. The right side is the local street, and the left side is an entrance to a highway. When traffic exiting the shopping centre gets a green light, the light for the local street turns red. But the light for the highway entrance stays green since that traffic doesn't interfere with the traffic exiting the shopping centre. I once saw a car stop at the highway entrance although he had a green light. Apparently he just saw the red light for the local street and thought he had to stop. A car coming up behind him had to stop suddenly to avoid running into him and then blared his horn at the stopped driver, who then must have noticed he actually had a green light and so he then drove through the intersection.

[@Stroker-Z28]

There's a minute and a half of my life I'll never get back.

[@NativeAmericanSwag]

At first I was like this must be Jacksonville, but then I realized it’s California, so same thing!😭🤣🤣🤣

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

People aren't getting any smarter, my friend.

[@johnsmi213]

I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life and I see the dumbest things every time I'm on the road. It never is the same in other cities I visit. I don't know if it's tourists is just the city is diverse enough to have all kinds of people so there are a lot of aunties and grandmas on the road, etc. But it makes me never want to drive anywhere.

[@BigGreatJ]

If you are gonna do something wrong, do it right.

[@AnJelloSnaccy]

When I first started driving I was worried about this too and asked my parents if i did a bad thing, but they assured me that i didn't have to worry about it. I'll be lying if i didn't momentarily slow down though 😂