I just got off of the 15 at Mira Mesa Blvd. I was in the middle lane of three. A guy to my right was about three car lengths in front of me, and nobody else was near us. The light, the intersection for which the other guy was about 1/4 through, turned yellow. I decided I had time and applied a bit of gas to make sure. Suddenly, the guy in the lane to my right had to slam on his brakes. Some goof from the freeway off-ramp is pulling out in front of him, despite his light being red. Of the “right turn” lanes, this new guy is in the *left* lane, so he’s actually pulling out in front of me. I, too, have to slam on the brakes. So now me and this other guy are sitting in the intersection (myself only a little bit, him about 1/3 of the way throuhg), but the light is now red. So we just sit there. Then the light turns green and we start to go. Suddenly, he has to slam on his brakes AGAIN, as someone on the off-ramp has decided that since the light was *just* yellow, he should be safe if he just runs the red light.

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