traffic light with three bright colours
Bright Red Stop Sign
stop signs yes but who else has stop signs and most importantly, who has greens? The right of way

Knowing who has the Right of Way and who should stop and yield and who should be able to go is super important—maybe the most important thing ever when driving and learning to drive

Traffic lights break as does everything in the driving environment; nothing is permanent. Power lines get disrupted, and traffic control lights can go black and not work.

What would you do?

Well, the law is to treat it as if all directions have stop signs, and it defaults to the four-way stop rules, where you must yield to anyone arriving at the intersection before you.

If you arrive simultaneously with another car, you must yield to any car to your right.

The next time you see a traffic light go out, watch how many cars DO NOT FOLLOW THIS RULE.

So if they don’t follow the rules, what do they do? What rules inside their heads do they follow?

Well, it seems the majority either do not notice the lights our, or they assume they have a safe passage because they are simply going straight!

Scary.

Power Knocked out the power. Traffic Lights Out!
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