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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Or you're going 10% faster and you hit lights red that you'd otherwise sail through.
Let's stick to the all else being equal and not speculate on the effect of relatively random events.
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It's not really random though. I agree that racing from one red light to another doesn't get you anywhere fast, and in fact disrupts traffic. However, when you're looking at a green light, unless you're miles away there are only two possible outcomes: either you make the light, or it turns red. There's no it turns red, then turns green again. Also, some lights are synched with others. I know for instance that turning left from 14th southbound onto Anderson, you need to be hasty to make the light at Elbow because it's synched for the people coming from Anderson.