In the
Ontario Highway Traffic Act, at least, there's no mention of coasting or neutral.
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I would agree 100% with the fact you could get badly hurt sitting at a light with the engine off. I have pulled ahead through a red light at least 6 times to keep from being hit in the rear end, and actually had the other driver thank me for my avoiding an accident that would have been their fault.
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Nice work! Seriously.
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loss of situational awareness
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I'd suggest situational awareness might actually be higher for someone doing EOC -
once they're practiced at the purely mechanical steps involved, since s/he needs to evaluate the traffic environment more effectively to know in advance when the technique is appropriate to use or not.
Definitely increased hazard when just learning it however (as is any new driving task).