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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
While that may be true, I can't tell you how many times I have passed that same faster driver at the next traffic light that he raced up to, or even worse pulled over in front of me and blocked the pathway for me because I know how the lights are timed. I have driven through 65 in one trip and never caught a single one red.
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That's because you have analyzed the route and in effect you have an insider's knowledge of it. Knowing how the lights are timed has virtually nothing to do with your speed. If you didn't have that knowledge, you'd have to guess and your success rate would be much lower.
I know of some instances in my vicinity where I will be stuck at long lights at various intersections if I don't accelerate briskly from a previous traffic light. If there is no traffic in front of me, I can make the next light before it turns red, which avoids my having to stop for an upcoming string of lights that would otherwise be against me. Again, it all comes down to having knowledge of a particular route and how the lights are timed.
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Bottom line everyone's situation is different.
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The last sentence is indeed the applicable phrase.
Similarly, in highway driving I often will end up at the same place (or even ahead of) a pushy driver who cuts in and out, constantly doing multiple lane changes in a futile attempt to get ahead. Drivers like that don't think ahead and predict the probability of the movement of other drivers on the road, they only act in an aggressive manner. Knowing how to avoid becoming 'boxed in' is a more successful strategy. I just love it when Mr. Pushy gets himself boxed in behind slower moving traffic. Sometimes I'm even instrumental in having it happen. I smile at seeing him diminish in my rear view mirror, with no way out of his predicament...
