50 cent got arrested in manhattan the other day for unsafe lane change in his chrome lambo, yet when i got hit and run by a taxi (at a stoplight) who cut across 3 lanes, including a bus lane to get away, no one stopped him.
nyc/long island don’t have sensors in the lights… not sure if we’re better off. usually doesn’t hurt to wait. but yes we have great reflexes, we are taught that if you see an opening just go, don’t wait, otherwise you’ll never get over and the other car(s) will make room for you. clearly this isn’t taught in drivers ed though.
long island does have ridiculously long yellow lights though.
nonetheless, we still have old people and idiot girls on their cell phones in their luxury cars who feel they can take up 3 lanes to turn, don’t need to signal or stop at lights. :rant: