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Old 02-21-2016, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by dbussone View Post

You're not blocking it, you are passing through it. The phrase you quote was intended for urban traffic where drivers pull straight thru to the end of a back up that leaves them in the intersection when the light changes, thus creating gridlock. You have to experience it in Midtown Manhattan to have full appreciation of the effect.
I have experienced traffic in Manhattan, Boston (for years), LA, etc And the traffic we have here this time of year is already pretty nasty. If you stop in the box, you are not passing through it. And if you are still there when the light changes, you will be blocking it.
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