Comment 77861

By Michelle Martin (registered) - website | Posted June 02, 2012 at 10:01:16 in reply to Comment 77737

"Avoiding stop lights leads to less pollution, less tension among drivers (ie. less road rage) and less wear and tear on cars. "

Less road rage? Cars behind get p'd off because you want to drive the speed limit on King and Main. I don't worry about this as much as my husband, I drive an Astro van so don't feel as vulnerable trying to stay at 50 km/hr. He, however, drives a Corolla and is regularly pushed and followed too closely by SUV's and pick-up trucks for the sin of sticking to the speed limit.

As a driver who regularly uses King and Main every day to work (would prefer to bike it or bus it but I normally need my vehicle to get to other sites), my experience is that there is a great deal of road rage from people who don't expect to have to stop much, or to have to drive the limit. They do things like pull out from behind me too fast, tires squealing, if I follow behind a cyclist whom I cannot safely pass. They make left turns at signaled intersections far too close to pedestrians who are crossing and who have the right of way...

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