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Originally Posted by 5speed5
In general, people don't think in terms of fuel efficiency. There's this one spot on my commute which has a slight down grade to a stoplight that is almost always red. You can see it for at least a half a mile coming up to it. Still, so many times, when I'm coasting up to the red light, some doofus will floor it to pass me (because I'm going 5 under the speed limit at that point) and then brake the whole way to the light. There's good planning!
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On the more or less vacant HWY 41 stretch I drive, coming off onto the off ramp I tend to coast right up to the stop nice and perfect. Its 4 lanes on the HYW and 2 lanes up the ramp. I've had a couple people follow me for miles without any other traffic in the other lane doing 55mph, then I start EOC coast down as I precede up the ramp and then they decide to try to flip the minivan over passing me so they can slide through the red light
I cannot understand why people can't comprehend the fact that there is another empty lane that they can drive in and why if they go into that other lane they are required to violently turn the wheel while flooring the car on ice up to the stop.
The sad part is depending on how I time it I sometimes blow by them at the top as I am still goin 10-15mph and they conviently change the light for me.
Me putting along repeatedly passes certain cars as I drive through all green lights and they try to slide through every one in vain attempts to remove all rubber on their tires, Many times I end up way ahead of them on the set of double lights because I already am moving as the 1st turns green and I conviently slide through the 2nd yellow light as they are sitting there making smoke.
I am surprized by how many people cannot comprehend how lights work that they drive through every day.