11 foot 8 bridge: "Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!"

@300lbcanary2

4 ай бұрын

That is funny! I know this corner and it is a legit contender.

@josephreilly6328

4 ай бұрын

Two cars enter, no cars leave! Bridge gets the W every time

@62Cristoforo

4 ай бұрын

Check out the intersection in Chilliwack, BC. lots of close calls, lots of driving backwards down 2-way streets for some inexplicable reason,,,and wild animals galloping down the street

@legitbeans9078

4 ай бұрын

Lmao. I just found that channel yesterday its amazing

@dudeonbike800

4 ай бұрын

Thought the same thing!

I don’t get it, people see the red light but still go? Surely I’m missing something

@sixbrigands

8 ай бұрын

It’s almost as if drivers are distracted rule breakers

@sfgwl

4 ай бұрын

The only logical conclusion is that there's an angular problem with the traffic light projection somehow, or there's another traffic light that's in very close proximity that's leading to confusion. As far as the vehicle at 1:48 crossing double yellow, they were likely encountering a group of follow the leader with one lane of traffic in which the leader pulls right up to double parked truck/ride share/etc and everyone is too afraid to cross the impossible double yellow except the hero in the SUV; obviously it's unsafe to cross if there's cars occupying that lane, but if not then use some ingenuity/common sense and keep traffic flowing PLEASE!

@johngalt5205

4 ай бұрын

They are running late to their loot-gang meet-up.

@timgehrsitz3267

4 ай бұрын

@@johngalt5205 what is a loot-gang meet-up and why would you assume a bad driver goes there?

@bigsarge8795

4 ай бұрын

They don't want to be inconvenienced for the one minute. Their life is THAT important

That nice woman is in possession of a perpetual KZread content machine. Kudos!

@vibratingstring

4 ай бұрын

Right up there with 11 Foot 8!

@CactusCanon

4 ай бұрын

@@vibratingstring Nah, bad news. I heard that, unfortunately, they raised the bridge to a safer height. :^(

@theLuigiFan0007Productions

4 ай бұрын

@@CactusCanon Ye, they added 8 extra inches. It still wasn't enough. There were videos here and there but it's less consistent. Unless you mean the bridge had a second remodel, that would be news to me. Maybe we need more viral publicity of bad infrastructure, if it fixes problems like that. lol

@truckerkevthepaidtourist

4 ай бұрын

​@@theLuigiFan0007Productionsyou get a lot of the box trucks idiots that rent Ryder trucks in U-Hauls don't know what they're doing but as far as the big semi trucks yeah that eliminated some of those classic ones that it was notorious for

@vibratingstring

4 ай бұрын

@@CactusCanon it's technically now 11'8"+8"=12'4". It now does *perfect* sardine can top peels though.

If you manage to cause a collision at this simple of an intersection you don’t deserve the privilege of a liscense

@eligebrown8998

4 ай бұрын

I agree

@BitSmythe

4 ай бұрын

*LICENSE*

@LauraS1

3 ай бұрын

But...but...but...I was in a hurry. (Not me, personally, as I don't live in Seattle but you hopefully get my drift.)

@notallowedtobehonest2539

3 ай бұрын

Whmn and bklcas don't understand basic physics

@ravinraven6913

3 ай бұрын

agreed, but the fact most are running red lights says they shouldn't have a license at all anyways. But its Seattle...land of the stupid and home of the transit takers, who just started driving last year and they are already 40.

Props to her. She dedicates a CCTV for the safety of people in the intersection, to help the police, AND as a bonus, to make contents for KZread. Good job, lady!

@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart

4 ай бұрын

Well tbh, the city she be funding this traffic camera but in reality they don’t have the funds. Most cameras in Oakland are not funded anymore. Only schools and high traffic areas. Yep it comes down to money and she’s making money off of this.

@SmallSpoonBrigade

3 ай бұрын

@@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart This is Seattle, there's plenty of funds for BS related to roads. I'm sure the solution to this will probably be to take lanes away from drivers and give them to cyclists. It wouldn't surprise me if they "solve" the problem by putting a short boulevard in that conveniently eats up a few parking spaces and forces the people coming down the hill to only turn right and those from below to only turn left. It would solve the problem of crashes and be a massive inconvenience. Both of those outcomes seem to be highly desirable to the idiots that are designing the streets.

@kevino4846

3 ай бұрын

Roundabout

As time has gone on, I have noticed drivers becoming more and more impatient and reckless. Going left on red arrows because they don’t want to wait. Running red lights with 3 or 4 cars following too. Driving wrong ways down streets to turn into driveways or onto streets because they can’t wait in traffic to get to it. It’s absurd. I hope for a cop to see every time.

@iwillnotcomply6001

4 ай бұрын

Been driving these roads for living for nearly two decades. I'm sick of the degeneracy I see on the road. It's getting worse and worse all the time. No one cares about anyone but themselves in America in 2024

@petergilbert144

4 ай бұрын

Twice I've seen 5 cars running the red after my side turns green.

@MrChopsticktech

4 ай бұрын

Try being a pedestrian. Around Christmastime l was almost hit three times in one day by people who didn't look before turning.

@petergilbert144

4 ай бұрын

This is why you always look both ways. When you are the first car after the light turns green, look and don't blindly go for the idiot racing the light.

@Feathertail2205

4 ай бұрын

I'm not even old (in my 20s) but the way I see drivers behave in more urban areas makes driving feel so much less safe and enjoyable (always having to watch out for other people's stupid decisions when I'm just trying to have a normal drive). I also wish that these ppl would get caught as they perpetuate their behavior.

I drive this route almost daily. Usually there is too much traffic to go fast, but that fact seems to bring out the worst in people sometimes. Ms. Hollingsworth was recently elected to the City Council, so maybe things will change in her neighborhood.

@globalgeode4363

3 ай бұрын

props to her, hopefully she can effect some real change! being 3rd gen from that area definitely helps a lot in knowing the community as well.

@xrrrismickey

3 ай бұрын

She seems nice but outside of maybe not bring an extremist shes going to change very little

95% of the crashes would've been avoided if people just stopped at a red light...

@Madamoizillion

3 ай бұрын

I think it means that something is wrong with the infrastructure at this point.

@morscovium8881

3 ай бұрын

Black people dont have to stop at red lights, you racist

@Tonysopranoyafinook

3 ай бұрын

Obeying traffic law is for BIDEN VOTERS 🥱🥱

@mikepalmer2219

3 ай бұрын

Ya who would of thought red means stop.

@jigensylvain6833

2 ай бұрын

Nah, green is stop according to a lot of people where i live.

What a good community citizen Joy Hollingsworth is! Thank-you!

@dwightropp3014

4 ай бұрын

She is a Joy alright!! And now, hopefully, folks can finally and joyfully navigate through that intersection!

@julianf.wheeler3665

4 ай бұрын

She should run for city council…oh, wait. She done that and won. :-)

@runnergo1398

4 ай бұрын

@@julianf.wheeler3665 She did?! Yay!

@omostim2385

3 ай бұрын

Interesting. I know a Hollingsworth from Seattle. Now I’m wondering if she’s related.

This isn't just a Seattle issue, my small town in northern Minnesota has a state highway going through it with multiple stop lights and it's rare that I'm waiting for the light to turn and somebody doesn't run it from the other direction when it turns green for me. I never go immediately when the light turns green I wait for a second look both directions and then go.

@iwillnotcomply6001

4 ай бұрын

I do this at EVERY intersection. If you don't you're asking to die. Saw someone run a red that hadn't been green in at least 10 seconds at at least 60-70 mph just last week

@AndrutV13

4 ай бұрын

Seems like you could get a lot of insurance claims, someone has to teach them how stupid they are

@northascrowsfly

4 ай бұрын

This sounds exactly like Thief River Falls, Minnesota. 🤔 Fortunately, I can drive to work using highways on the edge of the city. There's one roundabout to navigate, but no lights.

@jamesgizasson

4 ай бұрын

Yup, once I was feeling lazy so I didn't shift to first until the light turned green. In the time it took to let out the clutch and start rolling forward, a red Audi blasted through going 50. I guess that's a win for having an old slow truck! :3

@barneyquinn3657

4 ай бұрын

Well, European countries make extensive use of traffic circles, taking out these dangerous light controlled intersections. The result? A 93% reduction in accidents.

I helped my brother move something’s to his house in Boston from DC back in 1973. He told me to just follow him. I was shocked that no one adhered to the traffic lights. He asked me why I kept stopping. When I told him the lights were red, he chuckled and said I was the only one the obeyed them, and he was right. It was as if everyone looked at the red lights as yield signs.

@TwinShards

4 ай бұрын

I mean it's ironically safer if everyone is aware that everyone is doing just that because peoples that have the green light expect some risk at every light and pay more attention to each intersection. Not only does it make the traffic flow smother but also, peoples do not get impatient over waiting a whole 2 minutes on a red light when no one is passing by. I ironically would prefer seeing the law being "yield" on red light everywhere on the road than having to wait for no reason.

@Albe3331

4 ай бұрын

@@TwinShards Right on red after stopping and yielding has been the law in Virginia for years. The amount of time and fuel it has saved is good for everyone. The environment benefits as well.

@vibratingstring

4 ай бұрын

@@Albe3331 never mind the pedestrians and cyclists killed in VA. As a result of right on red:(

@vibratingstring

4 ай бұрын

In Boston, *never* go early though!!!

@SigFigNewton

4 ай бұрын

Boston sounds like a terrible place

It's a red light dammit. Why can't you see a damn red light? Including that kid on the scooter.

@ravinraven6913

3 ай бұрын

its seattle.....no ones paying attention up there except the bus drivers.

@dogbsas

3 ай бұрын

the kid on the scooter did wrong. The vehicIe that hit him was running a green Iight.

@SmallSpoonBrigade

3 ай бұрын

@@ravinraven6913That's not much of an exaggeration. It definitely feels like the folks coming in from other parts of the country are bringing the worst driving habits that exist anywhere with them. The usual style of bad driving used to be people being underaggressive and overly deferential to other motorists and pedestrians and failing to use turn signals. Now, you've still got that and you've got super aggressive drivers in the mix.

@nerfherder4284

3 ай бұрын

Dar dar dar? Stop making generalizations, people run red lights all over the country. Washington state has some of the fewest car fatalities per Capita in the country.

@walnutkraken9430

3 ай бұрын

@@nerfherder4284Imagine simping for a S-hole like Washington and Seattle. What a tool

Looks like they need physical narrowing to a single lane, speed bump pedestrian crossing at every side, and a 20mph limit a mile in every direction.

@xlogikx

4 ай бұрын

These people aren't paying attention to reds, they wouldn't pay attention to any of this either.

@kiaayo33

4 ай бұрын

I think it'll be more beneficial to give these people Eye Surgery than mess with the road design

@CheapFlashyLoris

3 ай бұрын

If one driver causes a wreck at an intersection, they're an idiot. If 100 drivers cause a wreck at the same intersection, those drivers are also idiots and so were the traffic engineers.

@comment_deleted

3 ай бұрын

Nope. It needs be harder to get a drivers license. Not everyone should be allowed to get behind the wheel.

@SmallSpoonBrigade

3 ай бұрын

@@CheapFlashyLoris Yep, there are lots of opportunities for idiots to get in collisions, when it's happening disproportionately in certain areas, that would be the concern of the DOT, if they hadn't decided years ago that it wasn't there primary job to get people around the city as safely and efficiently as possible. Seriously, the former SDOT head was on video saying as much. Which explains why things like this are only addressed if it involves taking something away from the drivers.

Prime example of how people just can't drive.

@bengaltiger96

4 ай бұрын

No, this is typical Washington drivers. It's one of the things I DON'T miss about living in the Pacific Northwest.

@vanessagreen9637

3 ай бұрын

Also a prime example of how people only think of themselves.

@TheCreedBratton

3 ай бұрын

A prime example of how drugs change behavior and decisions

Why do so many people ignore the traffic light? It's not the intersection that's dangerous, it's people. They will do the same at any other light.

@billyfraiser6298

4 ай бұрын

Like to told someone else: Semantics. When it comes to driving, EVERYTHING that is dangerous are the drivers..... that's implied and obvious. This intersection IS dangerous. If you believe these accidents have nothing to do with the intersection being dangerous..... then please explain why there are so many more accident at this intersection compared to other intersections.

@BigToro

4 ай бұрын

@@billyfraiser6298 driving requires some skill, of course morons will crash their cars on a bit more difficult intersection rather than the easiest ones, they shouldn't be flying through an intersection with a red light.

@onusgumboot5565

4 ай бұрын

@@billyfraiser6298 More stupid people at this location? And I don't know what other intersections in the area are like. This one has a camera. Others may be just as bad as this one, we just don't see it. Any intersection with a traffic signal should be safe. What is it about this intersection that makes it more dangerous?

@dudeonbike800

4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!

@CheapFlashyLoris

3 ай бұрын

At a minimum, the road leading to this spot shouldn't allow drivers to comfortably pick up this amount of speed. Get some traffic calming features up in here.

I love how the 3 "solutions" are just pretty much useless: Bigger lights won't stop any red light runners, the crosswalk signals are not gonna prevent red light runners from driving over pedestrians, and finally, the sidewalks just look like they're gonna make cars jump when they go off-road. Maybe thinking about ways to actually slow down traffic and make drivers more focussed like putting a chicane or narrowing the street would be nice!

@11kimczi

4 ай бұрын

speed bumps could be good

@jamalgibson8139

4 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. American traffic engineer: "So many people are running this red light, it must be because they can't see it!"

@chrisalley6282

4 ай бұрын

Or maybe making drivers accountable

@pbilk

4 ай бұрын

​@@jamalgibson8139 Haha, yeah. If they can't see standard traffic lights they should not drive and be expected to obey larger lights. The politcians and traffic engineers in the US that think the way you are saying lack in the ability to think innovatively.

@Purplesquigglystripe

3 ай бұрын

A raised intersection would be great, along with road diets to make the area less inviting for people trying to go around the freeway

You wouldn't think a four way intersection is that unusual.

@PerspectiveEngineer

4 ай бұрын

Everybody thinks they were in a hurry. I have watch that intersection you've all been to safer four way. And I'm getting used to being good with no right on red and driving 25 miles an hour because it's the journey not the finish line.

@SmallSpoonBrigade

3 ай бұрын

Yep, so the question is really what, if anything is different about this particular intersection that makes it more hazardous than others. There are ways of addressing it like lengthening the yellow light, ensuring that all directions have a left turn lane with protected phase. There's also the unpopular option of a red light camera, they do seem to increase rear end collisions somewhat, but significantly reduce the more dangerous t-bone type of crashes.

@dragon_nammi

3 ай бұрын

It's probably a badly designed pair of streets that meet that enable red light running behavior.

@Jasper118

3 ай бұрын

@@dragon_nammieveryone of these crashes are speeders and people running the light. Meanwhile everyone around them is following the rules. If you’re the obvious man out then it’s probably not a design issue it’s a bad driver issue

@dragon_nammi

3 ай бұрын

@@Jasper118 Even so, there are ways to make drivers feel like they should go slow since this seems to be a problem intersection. If it were big enough, a roundabout could be in order.

I rarely say this but they need some speedbumps here

Seems like a good spot for a red light camera.

@octonoozle

4 ай бұрын

I was taught in 2020 that red light cameras are racist.

@arp12tube

3 ай бұрын

They just added one last month. I live here and it goes off all the time. The bright flashes are really annoying when I'm just trying to relax by the window, but hopefully will decrease as people learn to obey the red light...

@TheTruthKiwi

3 ай бұрын

@@arp12tube You'd think they'd put a light shield on it, unless it has to point in your direction of course. A nice little earner for the council, I'm sure they've lowered the rates as a consequence. 😂😂😂

@arp12tube

3 ай бұрын

@@TheTruthKiwi Hahaha true. People still speed here and run reds all the time and the city gets their money. But I haven't witnessed any crashes in the past year, so apparently the sidewalk and signal improvements did some good.

My Dad got t-boned there in 1968, I believe it was; he rolled our '67 Impala wagon.

@Eastsid3

10 ай бұрын

What a waste. That's a great car.

@twiff3rino28

4 ай бұрын

@@Eastsid3 Jesus... how do you roll one of those things? 😰

@sh550

4 ай бұрын

Horizontally or longitudinally? ;-)

@jamesgizasson

4 ай бұрын

​@@sh550 I'm pretty sure it's 'hotdog'. If it rollled 'hamburger', it would technically be flipping, right? XD

@SmallSpoonBrigade

3 ай бұрын

@@jamesgizassonAnd pancaked if you're driving on a highway near San Francisco...

Is a driving test required in Seattle?

@lenajk2004

11 ай бұрын

apparently not

@ElianaPena-cj5qi

5 ай бұрын

Driving tests in the US are a joke

@Nerderkips

4 ай бұрын

in the us in general

@Junimeek

4 ай бұрын

@@ElianaPena-cj5qi yea this was my driving test: - parallel park - enter the neighborhood across the street from the driving test - drive around a bit - exit the neighborhood and return to the school - park where the test started and that's it. it's seriously laughably easy to pass here in texas.

@Drummasterjay

4 ай бұрын

Can’t be

They should install bollards that raise when the light is red, that would not stop the crashes, but would at least make sure that only the people running the red lights are hit.

I was going to say that it would help if there was a long delay in the cross street getting the green after the other one got the red, but locals would figure that out and feel even freer to go through the red light

Scooter Kid blatantly ran the red light.

@davidjorgensen877

4 ай бұрын

Video shows 20 or 30 cars blatantly running the red light and t-boning cross-traffic, but little kid on a bike does it and that's what gets your shorts in a knot? 🤔🤨😑😒🙄🥱

@Milesco

4 ай бұрын

@@davidjorgensen877 It's not *_me_* that has his shorts in a knot. The one with the kid on the scooter was specifically singled out as the "worst one". 1:06

@davidjorgensen877

4 ай бұрын

@@Milesco By "worst one", she meant it was "the scariest to witness", not that the kid was "the worst offender". That title goes to every one of the idiots who ran the red.

@Milesco

4 ай бұрын

@@davidjorgensen877 _"She meant it was the scariest to witness, not that the kid was the worst offender."_ So what? I never said he was the worst offender. All I said was that the kid on the scooter blatantly ran the red light. That's all I said. And I mentioned it because he was singled out in the video, as if it wasn't his own fault. When it comes to traffic issues, everybody talks about the children. "What about the kids?" "We have to protect the children," etc., etc. Well, in this case, it was the kid's own fault.

@K.Spade7902

4 ай бұрын

​@Milesco So what! The car HIT him!

That woman is VERY lucky no one has hit her house yet… that would be my biggest fear living next to an intersection like that..

This road definitely needs a diet and traffic calming measures like narrower lanes.

@chrisalley6282

4 ай бұрын

No, it needs people who are not jackasses behind the wheel.

@381delirius

4 ай бұрын

@@chrisalley6282 well we cant choose who's driving through this intersection.

@martyzielinski1442

4 ай бұрын

Folks like YOU only increase these problems. Traffic calming? Who are you kidding? This kind of crappola only CREATES road rage!

@pamd.happykat8187

4 ай бұрын

Not a bad idea but from what I see in this video (and others I have watched) they would probably just go into the oncoming traffic lane to get through.

@arvurebantra7639

3 ай бұрын

What needs to happen is better traffic management all over the city of Seattle. The reason why these accidents happen is due to the freeways and other major roads getting backed up and people wanting to take shortcuts.

I'm surprised the houses on the corner haven't been hit. Thank you ma'am for the camera & alllll this footage!

@charleshamilton9274

4 ай бұрын

I’d be installing cement crash barriers!

@SmallSpoonBrigade

3 ай бұрын

@@charleshamilton9274 There's a house on NE 75th street and 15th AVE NE that has a brick wall. I've seen it rebuilt many times over the few decades since I first took notice of it as idiots lost control and ran into it. It's a fairly beefy brick wall with a couple feet worth of planter. I'm guessing that the reason for the planter is for a bit of extra protection for when people hit it.

This calls for a nice roundabout. Intersection is big enough for a normal one with an island in the middle. Will reduce speed, increase traffic flow and drastically reduce crashes and especially injuries.

@hurfdurfy8167

4 ай бұрын

Except 95% of drivers in this area have NO idea how to properly use a roundabout. It'll be a little safer, but you can't fix stupid. Most of these I'm willing to bet were caused by cell phones in the hands of stupid drivers.

@TheTruthKiwi

4 ай бұрын

There also isn't the space unfortunately

@valeriaswanne

4 ай бұрын

Oh no... no they will mess that up even worse 😂

@skeezix8156

4 ай бұрын

It would make for some nice distance jumping footage if they put the big hump in the middle

@dilutioncreation1317

4 ай бұрын

Something about the layout sets dangerous drivers up with dangerous multipliers. Otherwise it wouldn't be uniquely dangerous.

There is absolutely no excuse for red light running or failure to yield when making a left turn. Killing or injuring someone just to save a couple minutes? WTF!

Interesting, but why does this piece completely fail to investigate what is causing all these accidents? Other than its close to the freeway. There's obviously something going on with this intersection specifically, otherwise this would be happening everywhere

@truckerkevthepaidtourist

4 ай бұрын

Watch the video again LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY MISS HOLLINGSWORTH GIVES THE ANSWER AS TO WHY RIGHT THERE

@Salutimondo

2 ай бұрын

Having spent decades in motor vehicle insurance I can tell you that people everywhere go through red lights all over the world and every intersection every day and night. There are some intersections which have a higher proportion of accidents because they carry a heavier traffic flow. Inattention being the major reason.

She seems like such a lovely lady. I got such good vibes from her 😊

Thank you for your service to the community. This is badly needed!

I just moved to everett from idaho and i was so shocked at the people not running red lights here its crazy in idaho the light turns green and you need to wait 10 or 15 seconds before going because there always 2 or 3 cars running red lights

In my country we have traffic policemen present in person at such dangerous intersections. They monitor traffic and organise its appropriate flow.

Where is the link to the KZread channel that they mention? WHERE IS THE DAMN LINK? WHY CAN'T THEY PUT THE LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION????

@BigToro

4 ай бұрын

do you really think they are going to bother?

@koriko88

4 ай бұрын

@@BigToroThere’s no reason not to.

@BigToro

4 ай бұрын

@@koriko88 yeah, they should absolutely credit her but unfortunately surprisingly many are just too lazy to do that

@BigToro

3 ай бұрын

@@matthewmoore7447 yeah didn't notice that there, my bad, though still i think is the proper way would be to also credit her in the description, as there are many more like me who miss that, usually i finish the video and then look for the credits, not somewhere in the middle of the video.

@NickCheng93

3 ай бұрын

@@BigToro Yeah I went straight to the description after watching to try to find the link

I'm that guy that sits near intersections when the Texas roads ice over and use it for my own entertainment. This is pure entertainment on an every day level, not just in the winter.

My wife and Ihave had the police come looking for us at our community pool to ask about our Ring camera footage. After a couple of times we volunteered the footage, I guess it became known to them. If it helps stop crime or wrap up stupid criminals we're happy to help. Still waiting on our Junior Woodchuck badges...

The real solution is one European countries adopted about a century ago. Traffic circles. Traffic circles reduce accidents by 93%. Light controlled, four-way intersections such as this one are the most dangerous form of traffic control. North America generally, has been reluctant to move away from stoplights and over to traffic circles. I'm not sure why, because the impact circles have on traffic accidents is enormous. For example, Seattle's collision rate is 11 per 100,000 vehicles. Vancouver BC is 17 per 100,000. But mountainous Switzerland, with mostly traffic circles, is 5 per 100,000. Congested Germany is also 5 per 100,000. England's rate is 2.8 per 100,000. Perhaps the autobody companies are the ones insisting we keep traffic light intersections?

@es-qf2gw

4 ай бұрын

@baneyquinn3657 ok then how do you explain Three of the top four most dangerous intersections in the state of Michigan are round abouts?????

@mugwump242

4 ай бұрын

One rarely sees an existing intersection in an established urban environment replaced by a roundabout retrofit. It's a high-cost project because land on all sides must usually be acquired by the government in order to have enough public right-of-way to fit said traffic circle. And then, those lots probably already have structures on them that must be demolished. It's been done twice in my city -- both in locations adjacent to where a huge tract of land was being redeveloped into a private, corporate campus anyway. So the city was able to do the retrofit as a piggy-back on the private project that was happening regardless (in other words, the roundabout projects were cooperative and financially structured as "public-private partnerships"). Even then, the construction still required some slight realignment of the streets entering/exiting the roundabouts in order to keep real estate acquisition costs down.

@triage2962

4 ай бұрын

Dont blame the road when people cant follow the rules.

@harpsitardo

4 ай бұрын

You think autobody companies are in a conspiracy theory and lobby against traffic circles? They have medicine for thoughts like that. It may help with pro-traffic circle fandom as well. Ask your doctor.

@shaunp9592

4 ай бұрын

@@es-qf2gw Roundabouts don't eliminate accidents, they make the accidents less severe. You have to slow down and yield to enter the roundabout and any accidents are almost always side impact or rear end at slower speed. With traffic lights it's at speed limit, or higher speed when trying to beat the light, T- bone, head on or corner to corner impacts that result in greater damage and more severe driver/passenger injuries. When they say "most dangerous" is that number of accidents or injuries/deaths? I would bet if it's a roundabout it's number, the whole point of roundabouts is the slower speed impacts which along with side to side impacts means lesser severe injuries. People are stupid/distracted, you can't design a road or intersection where they aren't going to hit each other.

Joyce is a hero. Every community needs someone like her

Bravo for her installing a camera and trying to help but I would love to see a show of her narrating the accidents. Her voice is so soothing!

As a 40 year resident of Seattle I can state that Every corner in Seattle and Every road in Seattle is a crash corner. We have the worst drivers in the country, hands down. There isn't a day gone by when I don't say "I can't believe what I just saw".

@JustLikeHeaven77

4 ай бұрын

No. Houston Texas is much worse. The mass transit sux so everyone has a vehicle, and 35% of drivers don't have insurance. To top it off, there are about 2,000,000 illegals without drivers license here.

@shanet7511

4 ай бұрын

I'm from Seattle area but was also a long haul truck driver and lived on the easy cost for several years. Seattle doesn't have the worst drivers.

@barageom

4 ай бұрын

@@shanet7511 The only place I haven't lived and driven in is down south. I've heard Atlanta is pretty bad.

@jinxedpenguin

3 ай бұрын

@@barageomeveryone says that but it really isn’t that bad. I’m from Georgia and grew up there, spent a decent amount of time in Atlanta. Once I became an adult I moved around a lot to explore different parts of the US. Atlanta drivers aren’t really that bad tbh. Houston drivers are much worse. Honestly though, everywhere has bad drivers, just in their own ways. I’ll say that the San Diego area drivers use their turn signals more than any other drivers I’ve dealt with though.

@barageom

3 ай бұрын

@@jinxedpenguin Good info!

What a great person to do so much protecting her community! I wish you had included the link to her KZread so I could follow.

@NickCheng93

3 ай бұрын

username TheSeattlegg - it's super briefly shown

@bkitteh6295

3 ай бұрын

@@NickCheng93 Thanks so much!

Nice. Way to show care for your community. 🥰👌

@leegoddard2618

4 ай бұрын

@@TopClips7777 no

Thank you Joyce for all that you do!

Now that's a woman that's having a positive impact on her community.

It's not the corner it's just dumb drivers

@NonsenseFabricator

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, people underestimate just how often crashes are happening, everywhere, all the time. The US has over 5 million crashes per year, and that's just the ones that get reported to the police. I'm sure you could point a camera at most well-used 4-ways and get similar results. Still, good on Joy for actually doing that, not just saying you could. :)

@tencentpistol1

Жыл бұрын

No, I blame the manufacturers AND the automobiles themselves for this tragedy in wait!! But certainly not the drivers!! 😂😂😂😅🙄🤔🤔✌

@sixbrigands

8 ай бұрын

If it’s one person, that’s an idiot. If it’s this many, you need to make it idiot-proof

@NhatHuyNg

4 ай бұрын

so you're saying somehow all dumb drivers just converge on this particular cross-road rather than any other cross-roads? seem like its YOU who are dumb.

@chrisalley6282

4 ай бұрын

@@sixbrigands Make something idiot-proof and society will provide higher-quality idiots.

20 years in Seattle, I got often road block due to crash and black ice. My friend who boasted me that he never ticket. He got red light ticket from 4-corner camera with full of his face, car, license plate.

Wow, I would never get tired watching these

The intersection isn't dangerous, it's the people driving that are dangerous. The most common residents of inner cities all drive like this.

@billyfraiser6298

4 ай бұрын

Semantics. When it comes to driving, EVERYTHING that is dangerous are the drivers..... that's implied and obvious. This intersection IS dangerous. If you believe these accidents have nothing to do with the intersection being dangerous..... then please explain why there are so many more accident at this intersection compared to other intersections.

@kylezo

3 ай бұрын

"the most common residents of inner cities" lol racists will do anything except stop being racist won't they

@somebodyoncetoldme8317

3 ай бұрын

Rhymes with Fafrican Framerican.

Needs some traffic calming and maybe a block on thru running, make it completely useless as a shortcut for the freeway so no one except local residents would go through that intersection

I love how during the actual interview, someone kindly demonstrates exactly why people are super dangerous in that area specifically by driving in oncoming traffic.

Giving up my car after moving to Seattle was a blessing in disguise

How long after this video played, did it take before someone vandalised her camera? Because, humans....

Do people not know what a red light means in Seattle?

@plowe7981

3 ай бұрын

I was driving through Seattle about 40 years ago. I don’t remember the street. There was a right turn light in the shape of an arrow that confused me. It would light up as red and when it did, everyone would go. I remember thinking, they really should make it a green arrow.

@walnutkraken9430

3 ай бұрын

Only red lights they care about are the red light districts down on Aurora Ave. Nasty place Seattle….

@kitsiewr

3 ай бұрын

Not just Seattle - EVERYWHERE.

You are a very caring lady. Thank you! 🙂

1;38 that's wood intersection spreading. It is an Olympic Event as the intersection in Canada near the lumber supply.

Judging from the footage it is the drivers who are dangerous, not the corner, but i expected nothing less from the second worst drivers in the world.

@Myriip

4 ай бұрын

@@aspielaurent Russia If you are interested in number 3, it's France

@Justin-ui5ti

4 ай бұрын

What rank is India on the list? I am genuinely curious. For me it is number one by a landslide.

@jamalgibson8139

4 ай бұрын

Nope. Infrastructure affects how we drive. If you don't believe me, then why are highways designed the way they are? The problem is that in America (and Canada), we use highway standards to design local streets. This causes drivers to drive way too fast in areas where they should be driving slow. What's needed is to change the design standards for local roads so that this type of behavior is discouraged. Bigger traffic lights and more beg buttons won't stop this from happening.

@Myriip

4 ай бұрын

​@@Justin-ui5ti Pretty far up at the bottom 30. Still very chaotic but not as dangerous as the others and quite predictable once you get used to it.

@Myriip

4 ай бұрын

@@jamalgibson8139 "Infrastructure affects how we drive" Exactly. Lights are red? You stop. Oh, the street goes down? Maybe i should drive a bit slower, to be able to stop in time. Common sense is not so common.

Every driver who's been in an accident there should get their license pulled for atleast 30 days.

@NoName-ik2du

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking six months to a year. Running red lights is ridiculous.

Thank you Joy.

GET IT JOY!

We see what's happening at this intersection. The question is why is this happening at this particular intersection and not others.

@HyenaBlank

4 ай бұрын

She mentions early on a lot of people cutting through the neighborhood to avoid traffic on a nearby interstate

@Salutimondo

2 ай бұрын

Having spent decades in motor vehicle insurance I can tell you that people everywhere go through red lights all over the world and every intersection every day and night. There are some intersections that have a higher proportion of accidents because they carry a heavier traffic flow. Inattention being the major reason.

Thanks Joy I'm gonna keep my eye out I go through that intersection quite often. But then again I always look both ways when the light is green anymore... i'll give you a double honk if I see you. Love born on Chery.

You fine lady, are a noble citizen. Thank you for trying to make that safer.......

almost as good as "the can opener bridge".

Once again we see that it takes death or imminent death to get this city to change a damn thing for the betterment of the community...🤔🙄🙄

@tencentpistol1

3 ай бұрын

​@@matthewmoore7447 well firstly, get your facts straight. It was off. Kevin Dave who struck miss Kandula otw to an overdose NOT ofc Danielle Auderer who made those remarks to Seattle Police Guild president Mike Solan. You obviously don't know jack about the case. Do you even live in Seattle or King county for that matter?? And yeah, it's bullshiit that ofc Dave was acquitted. But you seem like they type that only sees with one eye and listens with one ear so I'm not gonna waste anymore time with you

This is EXACTLY why traffic circles are better and MUCH safer. You literally cannot have these types and number of traffic collisions and danger to pedestrians in traffic circles.

@NebraskaGonvilleJones

3 ай бұрын

Is a traffic circle a roundabout? I’m Australian so don’t know the correct term?

When there's this many crashes in one spot, suggesting driver behaviour (aka human error) is the problem is a cop out. There's clearly systemic issues at play here. Possible fixes in order of easiest to more difficult; - add reflective borders to the traffic signal back boards. Studies show this can reduce crashes by nearly 50% at dawn and dusk. -Longer "all red" phase. -Reduced speed limits. -Traffic calming on the approach to the intersection in all directions. On the other hand blaming drivers will do nothing to improve safety here.

I do notice some of the intersections in Washington State aren't well designed. Making a right turn on a red can be dangerous especially if that road you're turning to is an incline or decline. In some parts of California even Nevada they put up signs not to make a right turn on red (typically inclines or declines) or if there's a traffic light around a corner.

@MrAngryGorilla2000

4 ай бұрын

@@orlandopockets6372 What makes you think I go, you stupid mother phucker?

@daveassanowicz186

4 ай бұрын

In First World countries, it's illegal to make a right on red

@hurfdurfy8167

4 ай бұрын

@@orlandopockets6372Nailed it! Washington State has terrible drivers already, but logic has just left this country.

Maybe it's time for a roundabout - although it's not usually the best solution for two major streets meeting, it would significantly increase safety. The two roads already are pretty wide, so a small roundabout could fit in the existing pavement.

Good job!! Most of the time a problem needs a BIG spotlight on it to get the city to do something about it. Hopefully that new signal system will have long reds so that people won’t use that road as a shortcut. It’s a freaking small road In a residential area.

I’m not convinced the way you have just a couple of lights way up high a long way from where the cars are required to stop is a good concept. The position of lights in other countries like mine are far better placed to be able to see closer to eye height and are placed where you need to stop. You also need a lot more red light cameras and speed cameras.

Sir Mix-a-lot rapped about 23rd and Jackson. Maybe we need someone to spit about 23rd and John.

@jchoward6451

4 ай бұрын

Jack, and sometimes Jackson, are nicknames for John, so perhaps it's the same location?

@SmallSpoonBrigade

3 ай бұрын

@@jchoward6451 It's probably not John and Jackson are different streets that both cross 23rd.

@jchoward6451

3 ай бұрын

@@SmallSpoonBrigade Yeah, I didn't figure it was. I threw that out there more for fun than anything. Thanks taking time to reply. Cheers!

Our sense is that this lighthearted news work product is missing a view from inside the cars approaching this intersection. An in-the-car point of view may reveal a little more insight as to why these accidents keep happening here. Although we're not from the area it looks like King5 evening is more focused on pleasure/leisure news rather than investigative news. Can someone advise if this leisure/pleasure assessment as opposed to true investigative news is the theme with King5 evening?

@hurfdurfy8167

4 ай бұрын

I'd argue that the video proof of poor drivers running red lights and even the live capture of the a-hole driving in oncoming lanes should be enough to prove this case, but good idea with the in-car approach! I'm thinking you missed your calling!

@dilutioncreation1317

4 ай бұрын

Why is this intersection unique then? Why do other intersections have less accidents if you think this is just drivers being bad? TLDR of silly youtube comment argument: it's tied for 10th for number of crashes reported. I used python to check the public data set I mentioned (Seattle GeoData). That's out of 8175 intersections with crashes reported. the combined crashes of neighboring intersections is not comparable to this intersection. Applying conservation of matter I understand that the combined traffic of surrounding intersections is at least as large as what goes through this intersection. That's how volumetric flow equations work for incompressible materials. Except the neighboring intersections have traffic that passes through without going in to this intersection, so the total traffic is much higher, further proving the point that this one is uniquely bad.

@ToolofSociety

4 ай бұрын

@@dilutioncreation1317 What statistics are you looking at to come to that conclusion that other intersections have less accidents?

@dilutioncreation1317

4 ай бұрын

@@ToolofSociety Seattle GeoData

@dilutioncreation1317

4 ай бұрын

@@ToolofSociety Seattle GeoData (that's a citation) shows 273 crashes. The intersections next to it in every direction have 28, 27, 37, 50.

There's an exit off of the freeway, Union Street (?) that's notorious for accidents, too.

I wonder if any of the larger cities have ever considered relocating a fire station to put it closer to the most accident prone intersection in the city? There are intersections where I live that are that bad, and with so many store & restaurant closures, there's space everywhere.

@wiz_techno6656

4 ай бұрын

you could also just make the intersection safer tho... probably a lot less costly.

@DangardsBrain

4 ай бұрын

@@wiz_techno6656 I live in a city that's only gotten larger year by year, and the only thing that's changed is more cars on the same streets, which just means more accidents on the same accident prone intersections. Distracted driving has only made it worse, and that's one statistic that's climbing up there with DUI's. Eventually someone is gonna see that decreasing response time for responders in highly accident prone intersections could reduce fatalities. Accidents suck, but it really helps when the firefighters are 30 seconds away.

The signals appear old and outdated, Some look like they're still incandescent signals from 50 years ago. So for some or many crashes maybe one of the red lights are burnt out. Statistically 50% of red light violations are done by accident, involuntarily. Those are the ones that usually result in crashes. That's because of the red light violations that are voluntary (done on purpose and with intention), it's usually just people stretching out the yellow (as in the light has only been red for a second or two). I know it's frustrating but remember that most accidents result from people who didn't see the red light, or couldn't comprehend it and / or react in time. Persons of more senior age are usually more likely to be unable to comprehend it. As well as people who are fatigued, caught in their minds and their thoughts, not thinking about what's going on around them. It happens to the best of us sometimes, even without phone usage. Accidents rates have stayed the same or have gone down significantly since the implementation of the cellphone, because engineering has gotten better and improved, but clearly not at this intersection. It's still living in the 70's. That's also why red light cameras are so ineffective at preventing fatal accidents. Other things like backplates or bigger / brighter red lights, fluorescent yellow reflective borders and adding more traffic signal heads in more locations in each direction, better warning ahead of the intersection, better pavement markings and markers, etc. In simpler terms proper engineering has a much better effect at preventing accidents. But, that costs money and money is the source of all evil so the government rarely spends it on safety for the working class. Red light cameras are only installed as a revenue collection device and never or very rarely with intention as a traffic safety device. Of course there are still people who just don't want to wait, but usually those people slow down and treat it like a stop sign, looking both ways first. Hopefully this helped a little with some people understanding what most assume is indecent human behavior.

@Milesco

4 ай бұрын

"Road Guy Rob" has a good video on this topic.

@louf7178

4 ай бұрын

You seriously babbled on that much for clearly driver's disregard?

It's not a "dangerous corner." It's a lot of bad drivers which are present all over Seattle.

@SmallSpoonBrigade

3 ай бұрын

Then why is it that bad at that particular corner?

Good for her. Looks like a nice little community getting some help! Think globally - act locally. ✨

Improvements, but anything except traffic calming and reduced speed limits. Btw, how long is the intersection "all red"?

"Is my driving a problem?" "No! It's the intersection that's wrong!"

@dilutioncreation1317

4 ай бұрын

Why are other intersections safer then? Why do less accidents happen one block away at an earlier light in either direction?

That kid on the scooter was running a clearly red light. I've no sympathy for him at all.

@falcoperegrinus82

4 ай бұрын

Out of all the stupidity you saw in this video, you chose to whine about a child on a scooter.

1 year ago. Any update on the wreck numbers? I'm betting it's remained largely unchanged.

At my old place there was a bunch of random stop signs at random corners and some Corners none. You can hear cars smash each other all the time because there was no consistency. If people that weren't familiar wasn't paying attention they got in wrecks.

This is peak traffic engineering. (They cause a lot of crashes by design)

welcome to america, people who do not know difference in red and green :D

I didn’t need another reason to avoid Seattle, but I constantly get them 😂

The news report made it sound like it's just a dangerous crossroad. It's not the road it's dangerous but dangerous drivers doesn't want to wait for the green light, they don't even bother slow down to check. It's a disgrace and should be ashamed of themselves.

what if there was a roundabout

@Milesco

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, there's almost certainly not enough room to install one at this tightly packed intersection.

@hurfdurfy8167

4 ай бұрын

Nobody here knows how to use them anyway. I see about 5% at best use their blinkers. This lack of communication by our crappy drivers simply causes frustration and reduces the benefits in traffic flow.

"A lot of people avoid walking..." This apply to the rest of Canada and the US, with few exceptions. How to improve this intersection? 1. give people an alternative to driving. 2.Raise the intersection. 3 give people an alternative to driving. 4. give people an alternative to driving. 5. give people an alternative to driving. Did I said give people an alternative to driving.?

People act like driving IRL is a video game with no lasting consequences. How'd they ever get an idea like that? Please tell me now.

Incredible!

John and 23? John 1:23 “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said.” There we go, the lord says make the road straight, no crossing.

@TheTruthKiwi

4 ай бұрын

Did the lord say that or did you just find a verse and interpreted it to fit this particular situation?

@EA-js1me

4 ай бұрын

Genesis 1:23:45 “Everything in this book is fairytale for naughty kids. Thou shalst not taketh it seriously!”

Running red lights and stop signs is a routine occurrence in Seattle. Some places will at least slow down for a stop sign, but not here.

It sort of looks like the intersection is wider than usual, so i wonder by the time the light turns yellow, then red, that it might take longer for a car that has run the red light, to get through the intersection...

This woman is a hero!

What's odd is that it took a long time for the city to do something. Sometimes, the insurance companies will talk to the city about many accidents in a particular intersection.

Would a roundabout work? I've seen some videos of them in america and seems some people really don't understand them so maybe it'd cause trouble still

@SmallSpoonBrigade

3 ай бұрын

The usual issue is space. This is a built up neighborhood so any roundabout would need to fit in the existing intersection footprint or they'd have to find a way of acquiring the rest of the space. As far as roundabouts in America go, they have been increasingly common over the last 20 years. And they're mostly being put in as a result of this sort of thing where idiots are ignoring intersections and plowing through. At first they were mostly being installed in more rural areas where it was more reliable than adding unnecessary stop lights, but I'm starting to see them popping up in more built up area. Supposedly, there are a couple that are going in next to I-5's exit 175 in Seattle as a way of helping to manage the traffic crossing the freeway and getting on/off the freeway. The exit sits right on the northern most border of the city.

@iamjimb

3 ай бұрын

@@SmallSpoonBrigade ah yeah all the roundabouts I've seen in the US in videos have been full sized ones, idk if you get them there but here we have mini ones too but you can just drive straight over them most of the time and that wouldn't slow down speeding drivers I suppose

where is her youtube link?

The only way to stop e this is to employ traffic calming measures within the two blocks leading up to the intersections. These methods are well documented. The issue didn’t start at the intersection; it began in the minds of drivers trying to shave off a few minutes and believing this is a quicker route. They will continue to ignore the signal lights. They need to be slowed down before they get there 🤷‍♀️

I already look fifteen times before i think of pressing the gas pedal. Then i think im good and a motorcycle comes by like nope. 😂😂