Is This Motorist a Jerk?

[Clark1961]

If I understand correctly then, you proceeded legally on a yellow and he blew through on a red. If that's the case then the other motorist was in the wrong. But, the question still remains as to whether you would have been expected to recognize the potential for an accident when you proceeded. Rights of way are not absolute.

Welcome to Colorado and "no-fault" though that is slowly changing as insurance companies realize it's a really bad deal. My interpretation of "no-fault" is "everybody is at fault."

 

[EdFred]

If you were in the intersection how could you even see the light?

(It is VERY rare here to have lights on poles, almost all are hung overhead, so being in the intersection you have no idea what color the light is)

 

[Sac Arrow]

Welcome to Colorado and "no-fault" though that is slowly changing as insurance companies realize it's a really bad deal. My interpretation of "no-fault" is "everybody is at fault."

I'm speaking from a legal standpoint, vs. a claim standpoint, but yes, in theory "no fault" insurance is supposed to cut down on inflated claims. In practice, shared liability opens the door to inflated claims on both sides. That's how I understand it anyway.

 

[Sac Arrow]

If you were in the intersection how could you even see the light?

(It is VERY rare here to have lights on poles, almost all are hung overhead, so being in the intersection you have no idea what color the light is)

That's jacked up. The USDOT standard for signal placement is above the opposite intersection threshold.

 

[Captain]

If you were in the intersection how could you even see the light?

(It is VERY rare here to have lights on poles, almost all are hung overhead, so being in the intersection you have no idea what color the light is)

When the car in front of me went I looked up and saw the yellow. Opposite direction through traffic was slowing to stop. Truck in right turn lane further back was too. He just stopped the slow down process at turn speed and kept rolling from there.

 

[azure]

That's jacked up. The USDOT standard for signal placement is above the opposite intersection threshold.

I don't know too much about Ed's side of the state, but in SE Michigan there are plenty of lights (I'd say most) that are visible from within the intersection.

 

[EdFred]

That's jacked up. The USDOT standard for signal placement is above the opposite intersection threshold.

Not here. We have a single overhead line most of the time that the lights hang from. The lights are in the middle of the intersection.