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From: Brent on 4 Feb 2010 08:37
On 2010-02-04, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hypothesis: Non-Sloths more often make it through lights, whereas
> Sloths more often get caught by them. Thus, the chances of a car
> stopped at a light being a Sloth are better than average.
>
> Discuss. :)

Entirely false. North americana teaching is slothy driving. thus there
are lots and lots of slothy drivers. Because of this and other things
like "consideration" lights back up because the intersections can't be
cleared on green signal by those in the back of queue. This 'remainder'
builds up cycle after cycle until there's a back up.


From: Brent on 4 Feb 2010 11:43
On 2010-02-04, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Last time on rec.autos.driving, Brent
><tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> said:
>
>>On 2010-02-04, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hypothesis: Non-Sloths more often make it through lights, whereas
>>> Sloths more often get caught by them. Thus, the chances of a car
>>> stopped at a light being a Sloth are better than average.
>>>
>>> Discuss. :)
>>
>>Entirely false. North americana teaching is slothy driving. thus there
>>are lots and lots of slothy drivers. Because of this and other things
>>like "consideration" lights back up because the intersections can't be
>>cleared on green signal by those in the back of queue. This 'remainder'
>>builds up cycle after cycle until there's a back up.
>
> So your theory is that *everyone* is a Sloth?

Nearly everyone. I find someone who properly accelerates somewhere in
the single digit percentages. I'm on a bicycle behind them and their
slowness can be irritating. Last thing I want to do is hang around in
the intersection on a bicycle.


From: John David Galt on 7 Feb 2010 13:46
Scott in SoCal wrote:
> I have noticed that when I pull up to a red light and there are cars
> already stopped, more often than not those cars will Slotherate away
> from the light when it turns green.
>
> Hypothesis: Non-Sloths more often make it through lights, whereas
> Sloths more often get caught by them. Thus, the chances of a car
> stopped at a light being a Sloth are better than average.

Here's my theory. Traffic lights are set up, usually by design, to group
most traffic into "platoons" with gaps between them and keep them that way.
And most drivers keep up with whoever is in front of them. Thus, on any
street with a series of signals, a driver who is by himself (not grouped
with other vehicles) probably "fell off" the back of one of these platoons
rather than passing them and getting out the front.

This isn't guaranteed. When you turn onto a main road from a parking lot
or minor street you're probably by yourself, but only until you get to the
first signal on your route. And of course, it is not always your fault if
you get detached from the back of a platoon -- but that's the way to bet.
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