Intersection

I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this problem or not, but I'm sure after reading this, you'll notice it the next time you are at an intersection, because it happens to me almost every time I drive!

Lots of you might not remember Carl Witt, but he was my drivers' education instructor back in the day. Mr. Witt was cool. (That's a complement coming from a teenager at the time) I remember so many things about him and all the good times we had during the course. At first I was mad I didn't get the other instructor, but after getting to know Mr. Witt, it was all good.

One thing Mr. Witt taught us is how to navigate a vehicle through the intersections. Sad thing is, there are millions of drivers that didn't have Mr. Witt, and millions more who didn't learn how to navigate the intersections!

Millions don't realize when they are stopped at an intersection because of a red light, when the green arrow is displayed to turn left, the driver is to proceed to turn left. As long as the green arrow is displayed, the vehicles should continue to turn. After the green arrow, the traffic light displays a yellow arrow. This signal means to continue turning left, with caution of course.

Some traffic signals will then display just the green light. This signal means the driver may still turn left, if nothing is coming from the opposite direction. It does not mean to sit behind the cross walk and continue sitting there until the green arrow appears again! For crying out loud, with the green light displayed, there should be 3-4 vehicles and possibly 5-6 vehicles that can make it through the intersection is nothing is coming in the opposite direction!

What really gets confusing for some of these drivers is when there is a green light only! They don't realize green means GO. When the signal turns green, some drivers just sit there waiting for a clear lane opposite of them, which most of the time never happens.

Usually what happens then, there is only one car that makes it through the intersection. They wait to turn when the green light has turned yellow to red. This usually leaves a string of cars still sitting at the intersection waiting to turn left.

I'm usually the vehicle sitting 2-3 vehicles behind you, waiting my turn, to turn left. I'm not hard to miss...I'm the vehicle with the steam rolling from the windows!