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We see you, and just look what you did!
I am a relaxed space conscious driver with hypermiling undertones. Let me tell you what that entails.
If I see a red light a couple of blocks away, I will take my foot off the accelerator and gradually coast toward the intersection. Usually the light has changed and I can gently accelerate back to the speed limit without having to use my brakes.
I am a firm believer in at least a six second buffer between me and the next vehicle. The more time I have to react and assess the situation the better.
Planning ahead is always a great advantage to me, and google maps has become an invaluable resource, along with my trusted navigator to get me/us to our location safely and on time. A corollary of planning ahead is leaving early so that small interruptions: trains, gridlock, livestock, et cetera can be handled without undue stress or risk.
The problem with all of my careful strategies and plans is that the rest of the drivers whom with I share the road with are asshats. I can spend an entire trip constantly reestablishing my six second buffer to the next car as I am continually being cut off by abeforementioned asshats who are busy rushing to the next red light. Rationally, they are neither saving time nor energy has sudden starts and stops is not particularly fuel efficient.
It is for these induhviduals, that I would gladly send a photon torpedo their way.
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