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Old July 19th 05, 01:18 PM
John F. Carr
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In article . net>,
Skip Elliott Bowman > wrote:
>"JohnH" > wrote in message
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>> 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, but hey. Some folks just
>have to get to the next light before anyone else.


Racing to a red light also works with actuated lights if nobody is
yet waiting at the sensor. Getting to the red light quicker will
get me through the intersection sooner.

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Old July 19th 05, 03:30 PM
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Scott en Aztl=E1n wrote:
> While driving my pickup truck to the hardware store yesterday, I got
> temporarily stuck behind a Sloth Coaster driving an SUV. The posted
> speed limit was 55 MPH, but because there was a red light a half mile
> down the road, this SC was puttering along at about 35 MPH.


Why aren't you laying on the horn to wake the clueless idiot up?

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Old July 19th 05, 04:05 PM
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> While driving my pickup truck to the hardware store yesterday, I got
> temporarily stuck behind a Sloth Coaster driving an SUV. The posted
> speed limit was 55 MPH, but because there was a red light a half mile
> down the road, this SC was puttering along at about 35 MPH.


- Why aren't you laying on the horn to wake the clueless idiot up?

Because that would be "road rage", and you could be ticketed for it. -Dave


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Old July 19th 05, 07:30 PM
Timothy J. Lee
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In article >,
John F. Carr > wrote:
>In article . net>,
>Skip Elliott Bowman > wrote:
>>"JohnH" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> 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, but hey. Some folks just
>>have to get to the next light before anyone else.

>
>Racing to a red light also works with actuated lights if nobody is
>yet waiting at the sensor. Getting to the red light quicker will
>get me through the intersection sooner.


Not always. Many sensor actuated lights merely have the sensor
make a request to give a green phase at a specified time. For
example, suppose the minor street is allowed a green every minute,
but a green is only given if the sensor indicates someone is there.

So if you are approaching on the minor street a few seconds before
the light is allowed to turn green, reaching the sensor as soon as
you can may save you a minute. But if the light just turned red,
racing to it won't help unless it would otherwise take you a minute
to get there.
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Old July 19th 05, 07:57 PM
Brent P
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In article <mo%Ce.165802$_o.55681@attbi_s71>, C. E. White wrote:

> I am sure you are the qualified to make the distinction. Of course in your
> mind anyone who is slowing you in the least is a sloth.


Here is how I judge a driver as a "sloth": A driver slows me down needlessly
while I am using my bicycle or executed any driving task slower than I
do on bicycle under the same conditions, the driver is a sloth.

In other words, if there is a turn that I take at 20mph on my bicycle and
a driver takes it at 5mph, that driver is sloth.



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Old July 19th 05, 08:00 PM
Brent P
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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.


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Old July 19th 05, 08:02 PM
Brent P
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In article >, 223rem wrote:

> Had you not had your left turn signal on, the driver in front of
> you would have sped up to allow you to catch the green.
>
> (yeah right)


Exactly. I've had other drivers stop short and deliberately block
enterance to turn lanes. Even honking the horn to get them to move
forward into the 3-4 car length gap in front of them didn't work.


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Old July 19th 05, 08:44 PM
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Brent P wrote:

> 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.


Let's face it, Brent: you have the additional advantage in this
respect of also being a cyclist.

When I learnt to drive in rural North Devon three decades back
I didn't have to deal with very many traffic lights.

When I went to university in Manchester and took to the roads on
two wheels I quickly learnt to read the lights well ahead.

Will the light be green when I get to it? Should I ease off to
catch the next (or next-but-one) early green? Or pedal like
stink to catch a late green?

Such considerations got me reading the road alright ...
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Old July 20th 05, 03:40 AM
Brent P
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In article >, Robert Briggs wrote:
> Let's face it, Brent: you have the additional advantage in this
> respect of also being a cyclist.


That's probably very true. I never really know a road until I use it with
a bicycle. Also much of my driving is based on bicycling experience.

I also realize something from what you wrote. Tonight I knew the condition
of a traffic light ahead, one blocked by a hill before I even saw it.
The couple of cars I could see was enough to tell me it was green and
wouldn't be green long enough for me make it from my present location.

This is the same light where the first time I approached it from this
direction I did a downhill sprint and it went red on me. I slammed on the
brakes, locked up the rear removed a patch of rubber from my new rear
tire. I also found that flexible bumper filler does a good job of
repairing such damage


 




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