It really bugs me when I'm 5th or 6th in line and ready to go but if I go sooner than 8 seconds after the light turns green I'm headed up the driver in front of me's rear end, so to speak.
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Cars & Transportation Why can't everyone at a traffic light go at the same time once it turns green?
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Because if everyone was to go at the same time, you in 5th or 6th spot are making a huge assumption that the people in front of you, especially the person directly in front of you, dosen't have their head in the clouds.
It hard to coordinate picking your nose, popping a pimple,updating your twitter ,applying ointment and adjusting the down stairs furniture,within a light change.
I remember the old lights at the they used to have at the rail crossing near Chelsea station in the 60s it was a clock face divided into red amber and green with a rotating arm,this would work
I remember the old lights at the they used to have at the rail crossing near Chelsea station in the 60s it was a clock face divided into red amber and green with a rotating arm,this would work
and ............................. some ......................................... of ........................... us .............................. are ........................... a ................. bit ...................................... slow 
Love the traffic lights in Nam, they have count down displays.
Love the traffic lights in Nam, they have count down displays.
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That would be so cooland ............................. some ......................................... of ........................... us .............................. are ........................... a ................. bit ...................................... slow
Love the traffic lights in Nam, they have count down displays.
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If people left a reasonable gap to the car in front instead of being so close to their rear bumper that you can reach into their car and change what track number is playing on their CD player then you will be able to go when they go.
Try it next time. Leave 5 metres to the car in front. When they go, you go. You will beat the guy next to you who is two inches from the car in front of him every time.
Try it next time. Leave 5 metres to the car in front. When they go, you go. You will beat the guy next to you who is two inches from the car in front of him every time.
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There's a mathematical treatment of this. As above, you need to let the person in front move away to a safe distance, then go.
This is how it is meant to work. Pack together when stopped, then move out when safe. Otherwise in peak hour you'd only fit half of the cars on the road as everyone tried to put 5m between them and the car in front at the lights.
This is how it is meant to work. Pack together when stopped, then move out when safe. Otherwise in peak hour you'd only fit half of the cars on the road as everyone tried to put 5m between them and the car in front at the lights.
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I go through two very briefly green lights on the way to work every morning. Whenever I am at the front of the queue I make sure I'm ready to go as soon as we get a green, when I do 6-7 cars get through the intersection. It is so frustrating when you're a few cars back and you see the light go green and the person at the front takes their sweet arse time to get moving and only 3-4 cars get through, then there's a huge wait for the next green!
I also disagree that you need to wait until the car in front has moved a long way before you can. I have become pretty good at increasing my speed and the gap between me and the car in front fluidly as we move off from the light. You just start moving slightly slower than they are and speed up at the same rate, that way as your speed increases, so does the space between you.
Oh, something else that grinds my gears is when you leave stop at an intersection on a green because you can't make it all the way through (it's illegal to enter an intersection if you can't pass all the way through it). Then, if the traffic starts moving again and clears space for you on the other side you start to move again and some ******** in the lane next to you whose lane isn't moving has got himself stuck in the middle of the intersection and jumps over to your lane taking the space you were moving in to (it is also illegal to change lanes in an intersection).
I also disagree that you need to wait until the car in front has moved a long way before you can. I have become pretty good at increasing my speed and the gap between me and the car in front fluidly as we move off from the light. You just start moving slightly slower than they are and speed up at the same rate, that way as your speed increases, so does the space between you.
Oh, something else that grinds my gears is when you leave stop at an intersection on a green because you can't make it all the way through (it's illegal to enter an intersection if you can't pass all the way through it). Then, if the traffic starts moving again and clears space for you on the other side you start to move again and some ******** in the lane next to you whose lane isn't moving has got himself stuck in the middle of the intersection and jumps over to your lane taking the space you were moving in to (it is also illegal to change lanes in an intersection).
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Not just nam, they are common overseas. Seen them in Indoneisa, Thailand and Turkey. And i know they are used in some parts of the States as well.
Would be good to have here, but i doubt it'll ever happen, the government would find some way to say they are bad for us. The nanny state wont allow us nice things.
Bugs the shit out of me as well.
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Just hope Chief that the person in front of you isn't an L plater without L plates, a volvo driver or a person that really shouldn't be driving a manual
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Forget your mathematical and scientific theories on the matter, the reason traffic progresses slowly once the lights turn green is because every second driver is female and nearly every female spends he time doing her hair or just generally checking herself out in the rear view mirror and miss the lights turn as a consequence.
When this happens and it costs you a run through and they sneak in after realising late you feel murderous.
When this happens and it costs you a run through and they sneak in after realising late you feel murderous.
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They don't have this problem in Saudi Arabia.
There is your answer.
There is your answer.
As an L plater, if I'm at the front of the line at the traffic lights in a dual lane sorta thing, I always wait for that other car in the other lane to leave first.
Too many complete ****ing idiots running red lights. Went straight through and narrowly missed me, so thats why I leave very slowly.
Too many complete ****ing idiots running red lights. Went straight through and narrowly missed me, so thats why I leave very slowly.
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There is something to be said for that. If you have the right angle, you can see the lights for the cross traffic and when I see them turn orange I am ready but also looking down the road for the idiot making a run at the light trying to beat the red. There is many times I've been saved by looking out for them.
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Here in the UK, just before the red turns green, the orange lights up to warn you to get your car into gear etc.
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It's a real good system but still wont help the people doing their hair, checking out the hot chick walking down the footpath or the ones who are just daydreaming.
People forget that driving requires total concentration on the task of driving. Even when you are stopped at lights you need to be vigilant. Why? Well people crashing in the intersection and spearing off in a weird direction i.e. yours, that doesn't happen does it.
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