“I was floored. I am a safe and careful driver and as I approached this particular three-way intersection at West Gude Drive and Gaither Road on Aug. 7, I made the judgment that, since no traffic was coming from my left because the opposite intersection was turning left, this was a safe turn, ” says driver Maggie Lora in an email to WTOP.

The video clearly showed that the car barely slowed for the turn. Obviously, those aren’t traffic laws, more like guidelines. If you think it is safe, just do it! The lead car of the cross traffic she refers to could have jammed on its brakes to avoid someone and it would not have affected her unless she was not looking where she was going.