Who do you contact? Does DOT have sensors that notify them or does someone need to contact them/local police non-emergency contact?

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6/1/2011 12:45:05 AM

The police.

I think its funny that the people who design the patterns can't direct traffic to save their life

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6/1/2011 12:47:41 AM

You should absolutely fulfill your civic obligation and call 911.

6/1/2011 12:48:41 AM

Call the non emergency number.

But fuck if i know what it is without looking it up.

6/1/2011 12:58:51 AM

fuck that, this is top pri

6/1/2011 12:59:42 AM

Call tww action news, and make a thread.

WE'RE ON IT, OK.

6/1/2011 1:01:34 AM

One of the best solutions in any uncertain driving situation is more acceleration. It minimizes your time in the zone of confusion because you'll be somewhere else in an increasingly sooner amount of time.

Works for me.

6/1/2011 1:03:13 AM

Stop.


Look left.


Look right.


If the coast is clear, proceed through the intersection.

6/1/2011 2:58:10 AM

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"One of the best solutions in any uncertain driving situation is more acceleration. It minimizes your time in the zone of confusion because you'll be somewhere else in an increasingly sooner amount of time."

lol ... pretty sure this is theDuke866's driving advice for everything

6/1/2011 6:55:51 AM

Call 911 and tell them there has clearly been a ClassicMixup

6/1/2011 7:15:57 AM

Typically one of two things will happen. Either people at the traffic light will start to form some alternating pattern and treat it almost like a 4-way stop, or one group of the obviously more dominant road will just fly through it and not stop at all. I have personally witnessed a motorcyclist make the unfortunate mistake of assuming the former situation applied, when in fact, it was the latter.

6/1/2011 7:40:27 AM

I was at a 3 way stop intersection yesterday at the same time as a cop, and he/she wasn't sure who was allowed to go first.

6/1/2011 8:14:18 AM

Weasel your way through that bitch and do not drive back near it until it is fixed.

6/1/2011 9:05:37 AM

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"Ragged All American 19154 Posts user info edit post The police. I think its funny that the people who design the patterns can't direct traffic to save their life"

Never in my life have I seen a civil engineer directing traffic at a non functioning traffic signal. We should be so lucky, the police are totally hopeless at it.

6/1/2011 3:17:01 PM

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"Typically one of two things will happen. Either people at the traffic light will start to form some alternating pattern and treat it almost like a 4-way stop, or one group of the obviously more dominant road will just fly through it and not stop at all. I have personally witnessed a motorcyclist make the unfortunate mistake of assuming the former situation applied, when in fact, it was the latter. "

Its supposed to always be a 4-way/all way stop. People are fucking idiots though, so I always proceed slowly and honk my horn at the retarded people to get out of my way.

6/1/2011 3:21:45 PM

there was a light out on wake forest rd. today near the beltline. it was a huge clusterfuck around noon.

6/1/2011 3:23:57 PM

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"Never in my life have I seen a civil engineer directing traffic at a non functioning traffic signal. We should be so lucky, the police are totally hopeless at it."

6/1/2011 3:28:21 PM

Traffic lights were out at Gorman and Thistledown and then on Trailwood.

Hopefully they're back up now.

6/1/2011 3:37:12 PM

I usually just go. People may honk and curse, but I've yet to find someone who would willingly hit me.

6/1/2011 3:38:30 PM

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"Call 911 and tell them there has clearly been a ClassicMixup"

These types of posts must make his vanity searches much more labor intensive

6/1/2011 3:39:16 PM

^this

6/2/2011 12:17:10 AM

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"lol ... pretty sure this is theDuke866's driving advice for everything "

6/8/2011 9:20:33 PM

I'm pretty sure you're supposed to get out of your car and start directing traffic.

You also get the right to make citizen arrests if anyone disobeys your traffic directing.

6/8/2011 10:04:38 PM

Aim for the middle and floor it. Just hope its clear when you get there.

6/8/2011 10:06:56 PM

citizen's arrest! citizen's arrest!

6/8/2011 10:09:02 PM

I think that there is legislation that says you can only make a right turn when the traffic light is out.

6/8/2011 10:12:23 PM