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Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers
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this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
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The US has absolutely mad road to traffic laws. Zero concept of lane discipline, you driving whatever lane you feel like. Don't understand roundabouts even though it's just a curved road, it's really not that hard. Still don't have standardised pedestrian crossings even when other countries had them back in the 1920s. A red traffic light only means stop sometimes, but sometimes you can go if you're turning right. No one obeys the speed limit, people regularly exceed it, and see no problem with that. And of course no one has separate indicator lights and brake lights because when would you ever slow down and go around a corner, definitely no need to engineer for that eventuality.
It always means stop. You can turn right on red (in most places) but only after you stop first and you must yield to crossing traffic. Unfortunately, not everyone knows this - I've met many people who think "right on red" means you can treat it like a green light as long as you're turning right.
What really gets me pissed is the signs that say "right turn on red after complete stop" which implies that isn't the case fucking everywhere, when it is the case.
Kind of a tangent, but what really scares me about the "turn on red" rule is that it's not the same around the globe.
There are so many international drivers here in Japan that turn left at a red light without realizing that's completely illegal. It catches pedestrians completely off guard. I think on Montreal Island you couldn't do this either.
Stopping at a red light when wanting to turn isn't some rare, obscure situation, so people who are travelling have to BE ABSOLUTELY SURE about this rule before they make use of their international lisence.