Difference between revisions of "Predict Traffic Signals"

The holy grail of efficiency and reduced driving stress is never (or at least seldom) stopping for a traffic signal.  To a degree it's predicting the future, and that will always yield mixed results.  It's not as hard as it would seem, but as with any driving advice, your mileage may vary.  This is ground-rules for how to 'model' your local lights. It will be different for virtually every intersection, city/town, state/province, and country.

The holy grail of efficiency and reduced driving stress is never (or at least seldom) stopping for a traffic signal.  To a degree it's predicting the future, and that will always yield mixed results.  It's not as hard as it would seem, but as with any driving advice, your mileage may vary.  This is ground-rules for how to 'model' your local lights. It will be different for virtually every intersection, city/town, state/province, and country.

== Steps ==

== Steps ==

#Know approximately what your 'net' rate of travel will be, and consider that instead of the speed limit, or how quickly you can move from light to light.  A {{convert|45|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} speed limit is often a net speed of {{convert|30|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, sometimes a lot less, in an area with traffic signals.  The fact that you're moving along at {{convert|30|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} in a {{convert|45|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} zone should make no difference to your travel time, especially if you are almost never stopping.

#Know approximately what your 'net' rate of travel will be, and consider that instead of the speed limit, or how quickly you can move from light to light.  A {{convert|45|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} speed limit is often a net speed of {{convert|30|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, sometimes a lot less, in an area with traffic signals.  The fact that you're moving along at {{convert|30|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} in a {{convert|45|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} zone should make no difference to your travel time, especially if you are almost never stopping.