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Originally Posted by HopToIt
How come they werent needed until recently? You dont think it's due to the large influx of NY'ers that have moved there?
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Again, as a born and raised NY'r, I can say that even though NY'rs have a tendency to be aggressive on the road, it is more about getting to the light first to wait at the red than to drive through a red light.
I believe it was more that they were installed due to an incorrectly assumed reputation. Yeah, red light's are "eaten" daily, but I would say that it goes across the board in every city.
In Philly, I have noticed that a stop sign means going down to 25 mph to pass it instead of stopping. At least in NYC, most people bring it down to about 5 mph.
As much as I can't stand NYC attitude, some of the things I have read about NYC folks is added on top of the undeniably bad things.
And I'm from the Bronx.