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brewdadtoday at 12:05 AM2 repliesview on HN

You really shouldn’t make speeding up to make the light a habit but, I get it, there are certainly times where that’s the safer option than slamming on the brakes.

Fun when your car makes you do both at once.


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Swizectoday at 1:41 AM

> You really shouldn’t make speeding up to make the light a habit

I agree! In this particular case we were dealing with bumper-to-bumper traffic, a light that takes many minutes, and very few cars making every green light. It took us 20 minutes to wait our turn. I really didn't want to wait for another cycle. 2 more cars rushed behind me.

Like I said: We need rush hour mode

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BeetleBtoday at 12:43 AM

> You really shouldn’t make speeding up to make the light a habit but,

I was restraining myself from saying exactly this :-)

I can't remember where, but I recently drove somewhere and they had posted signs informing drivers that they ticket people who accelerate on yellow lights.