Re: Advice to Drivers of Small Pointless Japanese Cars

On 2008-06-27, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> and goes red. Cars that drive at the normal speed of traffic will get
> to the intersection in time to trip the sensor and hold the light
> green for a little while longer. 

This is why the sloths that I pass to make a green will never
understand. Because I make the green light it stays green longer and
much of the time they get a benefit from it. 

Sloth drivers have no understanding how traffic lights function. To them
a red signal is an act of god or something they have no control over so
they just go slow in case a red light comes... this is self-fulfilling. 

The thing is, these sloths are often the same people who make a
dangerous pass when I am bicycling so they can wait at red signal
slightly longer than they would have if they just eased off the pedal
and stayed behind me. Then they accelerate so slower than I typically do
on a bicycle to boot. 

Another thing about drivers who don't understand how traffic lights
work. When I am bicycling I have to try to get them to pull up over the
sensors.... arg.