Red Lights

Since when did stop lights become stop signs or 'proceed with caution' when they are red?

In the last week or so, I've come across two occassions where this has happened.
One day, a car stopped at the light, then went even though it was still red for them. I don't even think they were phased by it, didn't realize that it was in fact a red light.
Another day, an SUV didn't even stop at a red light. I think they slowed down, saw that no one was coming and just went. Not sure if they noticed that it was a red light, or just didn't care.  Probably the latter.

There is a reason red lights exist. For the safety of drivers. Apparently ppl don't understand that concept...

Snow-one Remember's Where the Lanes Are?

Why is it when it snows, no one can remember where the lanes are?

I swear, everytime it snows more than a dusting, everyone who drives these roads everyday, forgets where the lanes actually are.
There's an intersection in town where there are 3 lanes: one for turning left, one for going straight, and one for turning right. Today, half the ppl seem to have forgotten that there are seperate lanes for going left and straight. Actually, someone forgot yesterday too and mistook the left turning lane for going straight and cut off a few drivers.
Another street in town, there are two lanes in each direction. When it snows, everyone forgets that there are two lanes and start out in one lane and eventually drift off into the second lane about halfway down the street. I typically use the second less travelled lane to pass ppl who are going to slow. In the winter, I usually can't do that since there ends up being only two very wide lanes on the four lane road.


Another thing that bothers me in the winter is business owners who shovel all their snow onto the road. When they shovel it into a driving lane, its a pain in the ass for drivers in smaller vehicles to try and maneuver within that lane. When they shovel it into a parking lane, good luck getting out of it if you even in!

Duel Left-handed Turning

So apparently I don't come across the 'not so common common sense' situations as often as it seemed, but I will continue to add to this when I do come across them. It just might not be every day or week....

This occurance actually happened last week, but I kept forgetting to write it down:
I was driving back to work one lunch hour and at one set of lights in town, two vehicles facing eachother were wanting to both turn to their respective lefts and neither was willing to turn therefore holding up everyone behind them.
I'm not sure what would possess both of them to just sit there and wait out the light before turning. Thankfully one of them finally decided to go just before the light turned yellow so that everyone wasn't sitting there for yet another light because they were too scared to turn...