Red Means Nothing: When Drivers Stop Trusting the Lights and Start Trusting Themselves

Somewhere in Izhvesk, Russia, a traffic light tried to do its job—and failed. Not because it was broken, but because a 65-year-old man behind the wheel of a Hyundai Solaris decided that red was merely a suggestion, not an instruction. The result was devastating: three pedestrians dead, a city bus caught in the chaos, and a driver who mistook recklessness for experience.