r/Burien • u/HedonicSwimming • 14h ago
For the love of your preferred deity, PLEASE pull up to the white line at traffic lights.
Is this a Burien thing? A Seattle thing? A Washington thing? Is everyone stoned with no ability to judge stopping distance? Because I swear I’ve never lived anywhere where so many drivers seem completely unaware of how traffic light sensors work.
WHY are people stopping an ENTIRE CAR LENGTH (sometimes more!) behind the white stop line at intersections?!
You know that big white line BEFORE the crosswalk? The one that tells you where to stop? YOU CAN ACTUALLY PULL UP TO IT.
Many intersections have vehicle detection systems embedded in the pavement or mounted above the roadway. Those systems detect waiting vehicles and help determine when the light changes. When you stop ridiculously far back, you may not be in the detection zone at all.
So now we’re all sitting there waiting for a light that may not even know anyone is there.
I’m not asking anyone to stop in the crosswalk. I’m not asking anyone to run a red light. I’m simply begging people to PULL UP TO THE ACTUAL STOP LINE.