What to do when the Traffic Light is out

Scenario: You pull up to a traffic light controlled intersection and the power is out so the traffic light is not operating.  What do you do?

Proper Response: You treat it like a damned 4. Way. Stop. You moron!

A few months ago I would not have felt a post like this would be necessary (I'm a Realist, not a Pessimist).  However; it has become painfully obvious that many of you people reach an unlit traffic light and just freak the Hell out.

As you might have guessed, the power recently went out in my little town.  The traffic light at, quite possibly, the busiest intersection in town was down for the count.  I watched, in disbelief and disgust, as drivers blindly sped through the intersection out of turn; swerving around other cars, honking their little horns and squealing their little breaks.  One car would go and then 3 others would take off after it, as if a magical light had turned green and it was now everyone's turn to Go! Go! GO!

I gotta tell ya, when it came to my rightful turn to pass through the Intersection of Death, I was afraid.  I drove through that opening and every muscle in my body prepared for impact as my eyeballs nearly popped out of my skull while I scanned the darkness for the Dumbass that was about the threaten my life.

Obviously I made it through safely. Much to my surprise and relief.