El Pirata
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Here I am sitting in traffic waiting for a light to change and exactly 1:30 seconds later it finally does. While that is not too uncommon nor is adding insult to injury by there being people waiting for the light and the green light street has no one waiting nor even enough traffic to warrant such a long signal time.
Back in the days when I was first learning to drive there were lights that only changed their signals after a period of time had passed no matter how efficient the traffic signal was being to the current traffic conditions. Then later they came out with the sensor lights which would change when they sensed a car waiting on a red light.
In the present day in the Communistwealth we are allowed to have the worst of both types. First they waste the money to buy and bury the sensor but alas, the flaw is that no matter how many cars are waiting the signal will not change unless a certain time period has passed.
Since I am in the Army I can and do get call in to work in the wee hours of the morning. This seems fine at first glance unless you consider the traffic lights. There's nothing more annoying than waiting at a traffic light a 3:00 in the morning with no other cars visible on the road waiting for a light to change so you can make your left turn to get to work.
I mean I do understand the logic of keeping the busier road moving more than the little side street since there is generally more traffic on the busier street than the small side street. What about the times where due to the busier street being more important and the people waiting through two and three lights before they are able to cross the intersection whereas the people on the busier street only had to wait through a single light, if that.
So I am not just labeled a whiner I propose a solution: Just use combat rules where the person with the biggest cajones rules the streets!
Back in the days when I was first learning to drive there were lights that only changed their signals after a period of time had passed no matter how efficient the traffic signal was being to the current traffic conditions. Then later they came out with the sensor lights which would change when they sensed a car waiting on a red light.
In the present day in the Communistwealth we are allowed to have the worst of both types. First they waste the money to buy and bury the sensor but alas, the flaw is that no matter how many cars are waiting the signal will not change unless a certain time period has passed.
Since I am in the Army I can and do get call in to work in the wee hours of the morning. This seems fine at first glance unless you consider the traffic lights. There's nothing more annoying than waiting at a traffic light a 3:00 in the morning with no other cars visible on the road waiting for a light to change so you can make your left turn to get to work.
I mean I do understand the logic of keeping the busier road moving more than the little side street since there is generally more traffic on the busier street than the small side street. What about the times where due to the busier street being more important and the people waiting through two and three lights before they are able to cross the intersection whereas the people on the busier street only had to wait through a single light, if that.
So I am not just labeled a whiner I propose a solution: Just use combat rules where the person with the biggest cajones rules the streets!
