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7. LOL, I slow down and try to time the lights

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 06:32 PM

Mar 2019

BUT I look in the rear view mirror and keep an eye on what the guy behind me is doing. So I will probably not get rear-ended.

I learned from an experience on Rte 1 in NJ near Princeton - "the land of the long yellow" when I stopped at a light that I expected to be turning red, based on it having been yellow for a loooong time before I got to it. Luckily I looked in my mirror and saw the guy behind me was NOT expecting me to stop, so I scooted forward enough to just avoid him hitting me. From that time on I always check my mirror when I come to a light where I might need or want to stop.

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