I turn left one every red arrow as well; since 2010. Best decision I made in my life. I get to use my fucking brain and evaluate if there is oncoming traffic.
The only legitimate concern I'd have is whether the red left arrow was put there because of visibility issues (as in there are a lot of wrecks when people try to yield like that). I'm not sure what the thinking is... or maybe it's a common pedestrian crossing and they don't trust the left turners to yield, something like that.
I used to laugh at Adam during these left turn arrow rants and think "Only in California. Never happen here in Tennessee". Two years ago? BLAM!! TDOT start putting these damn things up and now they're EVERYWHERE!
I complained about the speed traps on the main Blvd. By my house at rush hour but no patrols going through the neighborhoods when there is nothing but speeding on side streets and porch pirates and I was told by an LAPD rep. The motorcycle patrols are for traffic control only. Apparently those cops aren't brave enough or good enough to keep the side streets safe
Now I get it. We have red turn arrows in my neighborhood where the cross traffic is green, but of course the forward lane is red, too. So if the forward lane is green you know cross traffic is red. So it is like a right on red (legal in most states), basically.
07:31 I just had the Burbank PD called on me this past week for using water in a public park area. Yes- water. I was pulled over on the side of the road looking for my cell phone and rinsed out a hamster wheel and had the police called on me. God forbid I might use that water or hamster wheel as a weapon. Rapebank.
This doesn't make sense. It would if the opposing traffic is green, but you can have a left arrow red and not know if it is green from the opposite, right or left, except by observing traffic, and they could be running red lights, so that would be anarchy. A blinking red arrow, representing a stop sign, might be a good idea only if the opposing traffic is green and not the left or right. I guess that's too complicated for radio comedy... I love these guys.
I got pulled over for turning left on a green arrow once. The cop was in the opposing forward lane. The left and forward lights turned green on my side, and for some reason the car in the forward lane next to me doesn't go. So the cop assumes I ran a red light based on that illogic. I explain, and he ignores weather or not I'm telling the truth and sternly states he can't write the ticket because he didn't see the light (then why pull me over?). I say thanks, and he says "DON'T THANK ME!"
Left arrows are rare, some are green yields at best, most are just regular green that you should be able to turn if there is literally no one around but you're forced to wait for no reason
@@dinkyvision yeah and most NO TURN ON RED signs are for the streets with that curve and you cant see on coming traffic since you have an obstructed view.
I Love how he rants and raves about it for 20 minutes then adds but only when a cop isnt behind you. Want to break the law fine but dont act like you are the john dilliger of traffic cones if you are going to add that caveat.
I got a $465 fine for stopping my car partially on railroad tracks while waiting for the light. The cop clearly went to d*** school and was practicing for a test, acting like it's the worst thing he's seen in his career. 'What if the car stalls out!' or some crap. uh, you mean my car that works fine and has never shown a single sign of problems? What if my car magically stops working and I coast to a stop on the track. Just as likely. What I did is safer because I could see the train coming!
No one knows how reliable your car is (and that's totally beside the point anyway)... it's less about the danger to you personally and 99.9% about the train. Trains can take miles to stop, and even at a lower speed there's a chance of collision which could potentially cost millions of dollars or more in damage to the train, its contents or passengers, the track itself, surrounding structures or people etc... It's fairly standard that you NEVER stop on tracks and the fact that you obviously did is on you.
"This town is one big effing clustereffing eff, ok?"
I turn left one every red arrow as well; since 2010. Best decision I made in my life.
I get to use my fucking brain and evaluate if there is oncoming traffic.
2:34 Adam coined the word ratard before allan on the hangover
Carolla does a great job of explaining things very simply in order for a stupid mind to understand... even me.
I listened to this when I was 14 and i have never stopped at a light ever. I’m 36 now
Same.
I work graveyard.. I turn on left turn reds all the time.. it's great!
Adam has saved me hours by proceeded through red turns and I've never been ticketed for it
The only legitimate concern I'd have is whether the red left arrow was put there because of visibility issues (as in there are a lot of wrecks when people try to yield like that). I'm not sure what the thinking is... or maybe it's a common pedestrian crossing and they don't trust the left turners to yield, something like that.
@@jeffk1722
Shut up pussy.
@@jeffk1722 if it's safe do it. If not... Wait. We are all functioning adults
@@jeffk1722 Literally every reason you gave against turning left through a red light could be said about taking a right on a red as well.
@@BlGGESTBROTHER Yes true, and sometimes they have the red right turn arrow for those bad visibility moments.
Here is a Cleveland Ohio driver's trick. Drive in the left lane, come to a dead stop, then turn your signal on so I am now stuck behind you.
I used to laugh at Adam during these left turn arrow rants and think "Only in California. Never happen here in Tennessee". Two years ago? BLAM!! TDOT start putting these damn things up and now they're EVERYWHERE!
hard to believe Adam is friends with Kimmy Kimmel!adam is so much more funny and actually has common sense!
I complained about the speed traps on the main Blvd. By my house at rush hour but no patrols going through the neighborhoods when there is nothing but speeding on side streets and porch pirates and I was told by an LAPD rep. The motorcycle patrols are for traffic control only. Apparently those cops aren't brave enough or good enough to keep the side streets safe
always with the left hand turns..classic
or if you dont pull up in time you miss the loop and suffer thru that
i do the thing where i want to put on my signal but i don't know if you want to get through. i'm damned by my politeness.
Now I get it. We have red turn arrows in my neighborhood where the cross traffic is green, but of course the forward lane is red, too. So if the forward lane is green you know cross traffic is red. So it is like a right on red (legal in most states), basically.
07:31 I just had the Burbank PD called on me this past week for using water in a public park area. Yes- water. I was pulled over on the side of the road looking for my cell phone and rinsed out a hamster wheel and had the police called on me. God forbid I might use that water or hamster wheel as a weapon. Rapebank.
This doesn't make sense. It would if the opposing traffic is green, but you can have a left arrow red and not know if it is green from the opposite, right or left, except by observing traffic, and they could be running red lights, so that would be anarchy. A blinking red arrow, representing a stop sign, might be a good idea only if the opposing traffic is green and not the left or right. I guess that's too complicated for radio comedy... I love these guys.
I got pulled over for turning left on a green arrow once. The cop was in the opposing forward lane. The left and forward lights turned green on my side, and for some reason the car in the forward lane next to me doesn't go. So the cop assumes I ran a red light based on that illogic. I explain, and he ignores weather or not I'm telling the truth and sternly states he can't write the ticket because he didn't see the light (then why pull me over?). I say thanks, and he says "DON'T THANK ME!"
What Adam is talking about is when the light is green for the people going straight, and the left arrow is red.
Left arrows are rare, some are green yields at best, most are just regular green that you should be able to turn if there is literally no one around but you're forced to wait for no reason
You can turn right on red anywhere in the u.s. But idk if it was back then
he isnt talking about right hand...
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..chicken S ticket..........rape bank........are you HIGH????
No, you can't turn right on red just anywhere. I'm in Miami and can show you plenty of lights with signs saying "no turn on red".
cmartichick the general rule is a right turn on red is permitted unless otherwise posted. No turn on red signs are not very common in many places.
@@dinkyvision yeah and most NO TURN ON RED signs are for the streets with that curve and you cant see on coming traffic since you have an obstructed view.
I Love how he rants and raves about it for 20 minutes then adds but only when a cop isnt behind you. Want to break the law fine but dont act like you are the john dilliger of traffic cones if you are going to add that caveat.
It's called being careful, asshole.
I got a $465 fine for stopping my car partially on railroad tracks while waiting for the light. The cop clearly went to d*** school and was practicing for a test, acting like it's the worst thing he's seen in his career. 'What if the car stalls out!' or some crap. uh, you mean my car that works fine and has never shown a single sign of problems? What if my car magically stops working and I coast to a stop on the track. Just as likely. What I did is safer because I could see the train coming!
No one knows how reliable your car is (and that's totally beside the point anyway)... it's less about the danger to you personally and 99.9% about the train. Trains can take miles to stop, and even at a lower speed there's a chance of collision which could potentially cost millions of dollars or more in damage to the train, its contents or passengers, the track itself, surrounding structures or people etc... It's fairly standard that you NEVER stop on tracks and the fact that you obviously did is on you.
@@dinkyvision Go tell that to the cop who stopped on the tracks and killed the women they had handcuffed in the back who died