For example, i recently learned how to properly use a can opener, and i’m pushing 30. PLEASE tell me i’m not alone in having these weird knowledge gaps. what’s yours?
For example, i recently learned how to properly use a can opener, and i’m pushing 30. PLEASE tell me i’m not alone in having these weird knowledge gaps. what’s yours?
I don’t understand how drivers know if they have enough time to go through a yellow light. I don’t drive anymore but for the short time I did I dreaded yellow lights.
My quick assessment for yellow lights is “can I comfortably stop before the stop bar?” If I’m going to have to hit my brakes harder than I normally would for a stop sign, I’m giving it gas. Quickly making that judgement is actually really intuitive most of the time and has worked great for me over the years.
It’s not about having enough time. If you see the yellow light, and you are still far away from it, and you can stop the car by gently braking, you should stop. However, not that many people do, because they just don’t feel like it. If people don’t feel like stopping, they don’t.
If the intersection is very close when the light turns yellow, you would need to brake very hard. That’s when I just keep on going to prevent accidents. In that case, it’s not really about time either. You need to know how much distance it takes to stop your car. If you’re driving on bumpy ice, that distance will be greater than in good summer weather.
That’s how it was taught to me.
Yellow: Stop safely Red: Stop at any cost
Usually it’s 1 second of yellow per 10 mph speed limit. So a 50 mph road would usually have a 5 second yellow. While 25 mph 3 second yellow.
Practice and not caring if the light turns red while going through. If I feel like I would need to brake hard to stop in time then there is probably enough time to get through. When I’m wrong it doesn’t matter.
If you drive the same roads every day, you can start to pick up on the pattern and timings. It’s when it turns yellow in those times you feel almost too close to stop comfortably but too far to feel you’ll make it that people will “squeeze the lemon” and accelerate through that yellow light, not that I recommend it.
Also glad I don’t have to drive anymore.
It’s based on the speed limit of the road. Yellow means proceed if safe or stop if safe. The faster it is the longer the yellow. And usually the longer the time between it turning green on the other side should you pull a whoopsie.