no not me, my mom...it's not like it wasn't noticeable..she was traveling 'bout 50 miles per hour, and wasn't slowing down,i calmly said 'mom the light is red'
to which she said 'i know i see it' and didn't slow down...i said ' uh it's still red..and i'm trying to be calm,but she didn't get the car stopped til she was in the intersection!and apparently,someone trying to make the light the other way didn't see her and came through(their green light)i don't know how they missed,but i'm glad they did.these types of things(with driving)are increasing, it didn't really faze her at all,so...now what?! any ideas? the only idea i have is to not ride with her...i'm starting to worry...

yeah, you dont fuck around with red light, or a yellow either. people arent always stopped at the cross road when the light turns green for them. They fly right through while you run the red light.

was on the road 2 weeks ago and the light was red, it was bout 9pm or so on a sat, and they ( some gals) ran right through the light, sooo glad they were not hurt

dude, where in Tampa do you live??


I'm out in Brandon/Valrico!

Imago said:

omg u all craigslist right now

well i see where i could've worded that better, but it was my mom who just about ran the light, but it left me wondering if she's starting to get too old to drive..she's only 64 but i wonder...

horatio said:

at this particular intersection it gains another lane,and even when they have a red light,they try to pull out in the new lane,not that they stay in that lane, most of the time they cut you right off.they could make so much money off of tickets from this...

I've seen an accident happen in an intersection almost the same way you described but they collided and I'll tell you it was gruesome. If i were you I wouldn't ride with her for fear of my life cuz it can just happen in one split second and the next thing your either dead or quadrapalegic.

missmad said:

you know, they probably didn't even know it was red...

Imago said:

i actually live in valrico...near the brandon auto salvage that's on state road 60...but i'm really a dudette!!
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PEJ said:

i know, but then what about her(my mom) or the others? i can always drive my car if she wants to go somewhere,but if i'm not there she'll hop right in her car..i think the scariest part was that i TOLD her the light was red..twice
and we were still past the crosswalk.my chest was hurting for over an hour afterwards...
[Edited 10/21/08 17:22pm]

That pretty scary! I was in a similar situation witha friend of mine last month.
He wasn't paying close enough attention though and he had to slam on the brakes and then back out of the intersection...There were skid marks on the road and other drivers were looking at us like we were crazy

I'm so glad you and your mom were okay!!

Christopher said:

??

thekidsgirl said:

thanks..that is a pretty funny look you get..but i bet some of them have come as close..

Beat her.
My mother woulda got the belt AND punishment for a month.

DanceWme said:

oh wouldn't i love to do that!!
i didn't have the strength after the near heart attack she gave me..
i can't even explain what it felt like when i told her the light was red,and she said 'i know i see it", but didn't react..i didn't want to yell.. that probably WOULD'VE freaked her out..it took her ten minutes to say 'i don't know what i was thinking...'

peb319 said:

some people dont know when to stop.

peb319 said:

maybe, cause they might have been drunk or on something but wow

Yikes! Glad that no one got hurt!

union119 said:

true,but still...

psychodelicide said:

thanks..
she just came and asked if i wanted to go to the store with her...
i said sure..she asked you wanna use your car?? YES!!
okay on the way back,same intersection..guess what? 3 cars!!! someone didn't
stop...(wasn't my mom)
no one hurt...

peb319 said:

You're welcome. That sounds like a dangerous intersection.