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Originally Posted by newtonsfirstlaw
but if you gamble and lose, you pay even more
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There's the key point.
If you throw in another pulse, and the light does in fact change to red, you're forced to brake (or run it, if you're igo
) - and probably brake pretty hard. Gas in --> brake dust out = FE nightmare.
If you keep gliding and the light does in fact change to red, you're far better off than if you had pulsed & braked (since in this scenario, I mentioned you would pretty much coast to a stop at the intersection anyway).
I really did face this situation a few drives back. As it turned out, the light *didn't* change to red on the approach, so I ended up re-applying power just as I got to the intersection (having almost coasted down to zero).
It's a completely bizarre, non-intuitive tactic to use. Green means go, right? Yet there I was, coasting nearly to a stop facing of a green light (NOTE!
Not affecting any other drivers.) But if max mpg is the goal, only a
predictable green means go.