Markster
Senior Member
What's happening here is that drivers are simply not used to a vehicle approaching from behind on their left while they're attempting to make a left turn.
In almost all situations, this kind of running of a red light to make a left works, because you have full view of the traffic that you are turning across, namely the oncoming traffic. These people are used to running through an expired left turn, because in all cases across the city, if there were going to be an obstacle, then it would be approaching from directly in front of them.
On Queens Quay, these people are attempting a left, the light just turns red, they look across at oncoming traffic, and seeing none, think they can make it, no harm no foul... and promptly sideswipe the streetcar to their rear-left that has just coasted in to a fresh green light.
On any other street, that's not where other traffic approaches from, so their casually-learned methods for breaking the rules successfully fail.
In almost all situations, this kind of running of a red light to make a left works, because you have full view of the traffic that you are turning across, namely the oncoming traffic. These people are used to running through an expired left turn, because in all cases across the city, if there were going to be an obstacle, then it would be approaching from directly in front of them.
On Queens Quay, these people are attempting a left, the light just turns red, they look across at oncoming traffic, and seeing none, think they can make it, no harm no foul... and promptly sideswipe the streetcar to their rear-left that has just coasted in to a fresh green light.
On any other street, that's not where other traffic approaches from, so their casually-learned methods for breaking the rules successfully fail.