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Originally Posted by Pandaf
In some countries (f.e. I saw it in Romania) they have countdown to green as well as to red. They were sized similar to the other lights. In other cases the green light starts flashing about 5 seconds before orange. Here in NL nothing of the sort. But wait...they are putting LEDs in the traffic lights now to save energy  |
Ah, like the ones that can't be seen until one is right beneath them? I LOVE knowing the light color when I am seven feet before the intersection...
I know a lot of people are pretty absorbed in their daily drive activities to notice about traffic, but I think those countdowns would actually help. The more info we put out, the easier it is for people to care- they may start to be more careful/helpful and not even know it! lol
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Originally Posted by eufo
Yeah, most people don't really give a rat's ass about economy. Even after I ask them how much they spend on gas per month and their reply is ~$300 versus my <$50 they chalk it up to just "you must drive less" instead of taking the time to think about how they might save some money.
Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one on the road trying to drive economically and it gets annoying when someone cuts me off and brakes hard to make a turn or whatever and messes up my economy when they could have easily slid behind me while slowing down for their turn and saved us both some wasted fuel.
I used to be one of these jackasses, so I can't bust their chops too hard, but I would have listened if someone tried to teach me a bit about efficiency.
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I like when people drive like idiots. More people to draft, and makes my accomplishments all the more valuable. A buddy at work drives a Toyota Corolla, and I always talk about my mileage and he comes back with "how long was the engine off?" And I finally come back with I'd rather cruise engine off in my Mustang than a Toyota...lol (No offense Toyota owners, I have to aggravate him back)