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"I knew it would be a long wait at this set of lights."

As an odd hobby of mine I like to watch the clock when I get to a traffic light to see how long I actually wait. I don't record it but I am amazed how often I only wait about 1 minute. I think the facts are much different then everyone's perception.

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I think 1 minute is probably about the average wait in off-peak traffic (I'm going to have to start timing how long I sit at lights now) but on my journey I pass through at least 10 sets of traffic lights - waiting for 1min at each of them adds 10mins to my journey (admittedly I don't wait that long or even at all at most of them) but the potential is there

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