I’m not talking about hanging back 5 or even 10 feet from the intersection, but sometimes 15-20. I often see people sitting back this far on their phone, so I can only guess that they feel it gives them a buffer to not pay attention to their surroundings. A few years ago I was stuck in a left turn lane with a large number of cars behind someone sitting too far back to trip the light (a T intersection where the left turn was always red unless triggered.) By the third light cycle the person in the car behind them got out, knocked on the window and had to show them where to pull up to. It’s a big fat white line. It shouldn’t be that complicated.
I travel through the South and West Chicago suburbs, where generally intersections are designed with a gap between the white line and the crosswalk to allow visibility.
I’m not talking about hanging back 5 or even 10 feet from the intersection, but sometimes 15-20. I often see people sitting back this far on their phone, so I can only guess that they feel it gives them a buffer to not pay attention to their surroundings. A few years ago I was stuck in a left turn lane with a large number of cars behind someone sitting too far back to trip the light (a T intersection where the left turn was always red unless triggered.) By the third light cycle the person in the car behind them got out, knocked on the window and had to show them where to pull up to. It’s a big fat white line. It shouldn’t be that complicated.
I travel through the South and West Chicago suburbs, where generally intersections are designed with a gap between the white line and the crosswalk to allow visibility.