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Old 04-08-2010, 10:34 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Yeah, asking the cop would help determine how they are designed to change. Otherwise, get yourself a stopwatch, and race from one light to the next, be always first to reach - time each segment, from the previous light turning green to this light turning green. Then on the next pass, measure distance between each. Now you have a template to follow, to hit the green wave in an assured manner.

This will work if the logic is not time-variant. If the lights turn faster at one time and slower in another, this won't work. Also if the lights are triggered with cross-traffic, this won't work.

Coasting to a stop, trying to conserve momentum by avoiding complete stop by braking early, if you anticipate stopping, or simply pushing your luck and coasting on on a stale light, banking on it turning green in time when you hit it, are other alternatives.
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