Traffic Lights

almillar

Does it make that much difference to your life having to wait a minute or so?if you have to be somewhere in a hurry you should leave earlier

And the next set, and the next set. Inattention is a cause of traffic jams. If you can't see that 7 cars getting through, when 10 were meant to, multiplied up over lots of junctions, causes traffic, you probably shouldn't drive.

The max speed limit is just that,its a limit not a target

Sure, but if you do that with a big queue behind you, you're a bad driver. You're advised by the HC to pull over - this advice is for slow moving vehicles - 40 in a 60 *MIGHT* come under that description. Keeping up with the flow of traffic is a fundamental part of driving.

Mercdriver

cjdavies wrote: »

If I know the sequence of the lights I always glance at the one before to see when it changes red, ready to go.

However, why do you think that some councils put up longer tubes or shutters on sets of traffic lights to stop people seeing the previous lights change? Could it be in their eagerness, some drivers over anticipate and jump the lights because they see the previous set of lights go amber?

Do these same people notice when light sequences are changed?

fred990

almillar wrote: »

Sure, but if you do that with a big queue behind you, you're a bad driver. You're advised by the HC to pull over - this advice is for slow moving vehicles - 40 in a 60 *MIGHT* come under that description. Keeping up with the flow of traffic is a fundamental part of driving.

Worse still is when they carry on at 40 in a 30 zone! It can take time to get past them on a 50/60 road when they're happily holding up the traffic only for them to catch you up whilst totally ignoring the 30 limits...... Maybe it's proper MSE driving to go everywhere at 40mph?

DoaM

fred990 wrote: »

Worse still is when they carry on at 40 in a 30 zone!

Mono Speed Morons ... equally as bad as Middle Lane Morons. :mad:

Deastons

DoaM wrote: »

Mono Speed Morons ... equally as bad as Middle Lane Morons. :mad:

I've reached the point where I no longer bother going from lane 1 to 3/4 to overtake middle lane drivers, I just overtake on the inside.

Both are illegal, but after 25yrs of driving I've given up being the obedient one - no-one else obeys the rules of the road. And I'm sure middle-lane driving is getting worse.

Vet

A couple seconds of your time isn't going ruin your day. Chill.

fred990

DoaM wrote: »

Mono Speed Morons ... equally as bad as Middle Lane Morons. :mad:

Nearly as annoying as lane hogs who will crawl behind slower traffic then nail it when the lane becomes clear to only slavishly follow behind the next vehicle in 'their' lane.....grrrrr. It's as if any overtaking lane is a no go zone!

almillar

A couple seconds of your time isn't going ruin your day. Chill.

Do not Chill. Not whilst operating a motor vehicle! Pay attention! It's not seconds, it's minutes, because some people WON'T get through that green light, because some 'chilled' person in front of them is too slow.

AndyMc.....

almillar wrote: »

Do not Chill. Not whilst operating a motor vehicle! Pay attention! It's not seconds, it's minutes, because some people WON'T get through that green light, because some 'chilled' person in front of them is too slow.

And? They’ll get through the next one.

almillar

And? They’ll get through the next one.

And that's the start of a queue forming, and not being cleared, at the lights. A couple of dozers next time round, and the queue gets longer.
Traffic junction management can be very complex, but this part isn't. Dozers cause queues.