"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> 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.

So instead they should roar up to the intersection at full speed, lock their
brakes when the light doesn't change, and then set at a stop until it does
change.

Glad to see you are so smart. Do you every look in the mirror?

Ed