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[commotiocordis]

Ran my first blatantly red light today. That was entertaining. I just about pulled over and called the cops on myself, I felt so bad. Didn't mean to at all, but I'd never been at that intersection before and I thought I could make it through. As persuant to my luck, it went red right as I crossed the line, thus forcing me to either stop in the middle of the intersection or keep going. Problem was that I was going relatively slowly, so it was a good two and a half seconds of red before the back of the van actually passed through the light, which was what made it so bad.

There are these tiny little bugs flitting around my monitor. I've smushed two of them already, and thus there are two spots of bug juice smearing up the screen. Annoying. They keep coming back, and I have no idea what they are.

Guilty pleasure of the day: Susan/Talia/John Babylon 5 fanfic. Namely, that by leyenn. Found her journal through someone else's icon that went with one of her stories, and turned to the S/T/J after reading all the (well, the one) Susan/Talia she had tagged. Quite enjoyable, though I'm not really a fan of John.

Now I'm really in a Babylon 5 mood.

Comments

[chaosity.livejournal.com]

Um, yeah, okay. This was posted twice. You can delete the above comment, because I forgot the first quotation mark when quoting my dad. Yeah.

Nice doing business with you. :D

[crashcart9.livejournal.com]

LOL. Okay, well, then, ignore my first response, as I posted it again under the other one to cover all my bases.

[chaosity.livejournal.com]

LOL, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. The light changed as I crossed the line. It scared the shit out of me, particularly because there were tons of people, so one of them could easily have been a cop. But I was more annoyed by the fact that I could have stopped when the light was orange, but dad was like "no no, keep going, you'll make it."

I feel like driving now.

[crashcart9.livejournal.com]

But I was more annoyed by the fact that I could have stopped when the light was orange, but dad was like "no no, keep going, you'll make it."

MINE TOO!! All his fault.

And your lights are orange? Seriously? Because, over here, that's sort of a joke. Variations on "There's only one shade of green/red" when people aren't driving/run the light, etc. That's hilarious. You'll have to get a picture of a stoplight for me next.

*uses a different icon, just so it's not exactly the same*

[chaosity.livejournal.com]

We have orange lights, yes. We have a green light for go, an orange light for prepare to stop, and a red light for stop. I thought it'd be the same everywhere?

But, LOL, I'll still take a picture for you.

[crashcart9.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's green/yellow/red here. That's still hilarious. Is there not worry about orange being too close to red? I mean, dangerous in that manner?

[chaosity.livejournal.com]

Nah. You'd think there would be danger and confusion, but there's not. The orange is prolly closer to a yellow than a red, come to think of it. But still classed as orange. And if you're colourblind or confused, the orange is always in the middle of the three, so you can just tell that way.

Hee, mini story. When I was little I asked dad what the lights meant and he said "green means go, red means stop, and orange means put your foot down/speed up." Twas funny, because I've always remembered it that way, even though I know what it's really for and all that.

[crashcart9.livejournal.com]

And if you're colourblind or confused, the orange is always in the middle of the three, so you can just tell that way.

That's what people always say, but there is no standard traffic light height, is there? So at night, you've got no idea which one's in the middle if you only see one of them.

"green means go, red means stop, and orange means put your foot down/speed up."

Exactly. Except not, when it means that you're going to run the red, LOL. Or if somebody's in front of you. I've got the habit of asking my dad constantly what I'm supposed to do while I'm driving, even if I really know, so last time we were out, I'm all "it's yellow, do you think I can make it?" and he's "Well, if you drive over the car in front of you, maybe."