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Permalink Reply by Tom Z on May 2, 2015 at 4:20pm

Actually, I find them useful. I use them both while driving and cycling. Many times I will stop pedaling or come off the gas if I know I will not get to the intersection in time at the speed I'm going.

Though, I was never one of those people that speeds up when the light turn yellow.

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Permalink Reply by Reboot Oxnard on May 3, 2015 at 1:00am

I know intellectually that I have to stop doing this but when I'm half a block away and see 11 on the timer I can't resist.

This is called a lack of self control. It means you're unpredictable and that makes you a danger.

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Permalink Reply by Haddon on May 3, 2015 at 3:05am

It's more the element of competition, the race against the clock.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on May 3, 2015 at 4:31am

I hope that you are not stopped only by being hit or causing an accident.

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Permalink Reply by Haddon on May 3, 2015 at 4:39am

I can't be the only person that does this, the silent majority of crosswalk timer racers.  We are out there.

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on May 4, 2015 at 4:32am

If you're planning to run or jump a light (or stop sign) on the bike you shouldn't be doing it under circumstances where anyone with the right of way has to slow, stop or wait for you.

I love the timers, particularly downtown, because they help determine if it's going to be safe or worthwhile to filter between cars to the front of an intersection. No sense passing a bunch of cars if they're all going to be passing you again in a moment.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on May 3, 2015 at 7:06am

Like Tom Z, I find them useful. Their presence also causes me to have even less sympathy for drivers who block the box. ;)

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