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My daily route is close to 50 traffic lights. On a good day I will catch less than 5 red, sometimes only 1. On a bad day it will be close to ten.
I know the timing of almost every light, except for the recently installed ones that are not coordinated with the rest. I also know which traffic moving in the intersection indicates my light is about to change green.
People fly by me because I slow down a long way before the light. My goal is to go through the intersection with the least change in speed.
One stretch of 3 miles is 12 lights, and if I average 47 MPH (45 zone) I can get through almost every one of those lights, and even catch a 7 second green left turn only at an intersection where the whole sequence takes almost 90 seconds.
If I go 3 MPH slower I will hit yellow lights and eventually have to stop.
Since the CVT in the Insight cost 5k to replace and is not rebuild able, I pay $80 to change the fluid at the Honda dealer. It only takes just less than 3 quarts and has no converter to drain, so it's cheap insurance for me.
regards
Mech
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