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Old 06-09-2012, 09:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
Mustang Dave
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Question: Whats everyones strategy when your coming to a place where you know the stop-light is there, but it does not become visible until your right up on it? I also do not want to cause a traffic jam.
I have a light like that on my morning commute. I approach the turn at the speed limit; and drop the F-bomb and hit the brakes (after downshifting and DFCO'ing) if the light is yellow or red. There are two left-turn lanes at that light. Most of the people behind me change lanes to beat me to the red light. Sometimes they get there soon enough to trigger the light so I don't have to come to a complete stop.

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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.

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