The kids were learning about traffic lights and when one little girl was quizzed, she said,
Red means stop,
Green means go, and
Yellow means step on the gas.
I laughed at the time and remembered it the other day when Miss Manners was discussing how different people can have different interpretations of rules.
For example, we all know that a red traffic light means “stop,” a green one means “go,” and a yellow one — well, there seems to be some confusion here. Miss Manners knows people who think it means “speed up,” but traffic police disagree.
I laughed again. It doesn’t take much.
July 7, 2023
I have heard the miss manners version my whole life, bob believe it, I do not. he yells when I stop for the yellow light and the people behind me always blow the horn at me
Wow! Especially people blowing their horns.
Tom and I are basically opposites. I’ll usually stop — but that’s provided other cars aren’t close behind me. Being rear-ended isn’t any fun.
I’ll stop if I can do it without slamming on my brakes.
That little girl was pretty right, for most people!!
She was an observant child. 🙂
I really dislike when people speed up at the yellow light.
That’s a cute story you shared.
I don’t speed but don’t stop if it means slamming on my breaks. I assume the people who set the timing knew what they were doing.
I’ve seen that before but out of the mouths of babes, it’s funnier.
I know. That little girl was very perceptive. Probably watching her dad.
well there’s another difference
the yellow light there is not yellow here, it’s the ORANGE light!
So do most people get ready to stop or do they step on the gas?
some will slow down to the stop, but many won’t
but also often the pedestrain lights are part of the scenario – so you do have to be wary of the speeding vehicle
LOL. I’ve seen people who don’t even understand that red means stop. Yesterday morning when I was going to work I saw a guy go through the red light. Now mind you this is at 5:00 am and there is only one stop light in town and very little to no traffic. I think that time of day a lot of people treat it more like a stop sign.
I think that makes sense if there’s no traffic, and no cop around!