In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:44:09 GMT, "Skip Elliott Bowman"
> wrote:
>
>>> Same here; I usually get the jump on the jerky drivers who haul ass to a
>>> red light.
>>
>>I do this too. It works great on timed lights
>
> ...Which do not exist here in SoCal in any great numbers. And therein
> lies the flaw in the whole Coaster concept: there absolutely no way to
> tell from half a mile away when the light is going to change - yet
> these Sloth Coasters smugly hold up traffic and think they're smarter
> than everybody else. What tools!

I can predict how sensor driven lights will operate. Especially the ones
I often deal with. If I can see other vehicles at the light, I can
reasonably predict the timing of the green signal rather often.