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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
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The Japanese government believes that if you are forced to stop at every third traffic light, it will cut down on speeding. Unfortunately, many drivers here try to beat the system and make it to the fourth traffic signal by making Jack Rabbit starts just as the light is turning green. Unfortunately, as many drivers are ticked off at having to stop at every third traffic light, they often RUN the tail end of the yellow, just as drivers coming from the side are leaving rubber tails as their light is getting ready to turn green. All to often it gets messy...
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Stitchawl
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We have a road here that runs from the motorway all the way into Coventry town centre. It's only about 2 miles long, if that, and has 18 sets of traffic lights. My challenge to myself was to be able to make it all the way down that road just once without getting stopped by the lights. And just once, I did it! Through a combination of coasting as I came up to the lights, then the Jack Rabbit method to race to the next one. Ah, impetuous youth....