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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
So how is setting "the timing for just over the speed limit... a recipe for wasted fuel"? Or is your local government so astute and all-knowing that the posted speed limit is unquestionably best for everyone at all times?
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Because most people obey the limit most of the time, and they end up stopping at every light. It's very frustrating. In my area, for one route the only way to hit a string of lights is to exceed the limit by more than 10mph, that's not acceptable. It not only wastes fuel to try to hit the lights, but most people will not speed to make them, and slow everyone else down.
The person setting the timing on the lights should know better. I wonder what sort of education or thinking skills are required for traffic design.....