My cousin's new theory about traffic lights is honestly kind of brilliant

I was at a family cookout over in Akron last weekend, and my cousin Mike, who works for the city, was going on about how the traffic light patterns downtown are rigged to make you hit every red. Not for traffic flow, he said, but to increase fuel use and wear on your car. He had this whole thing about how the timing changes every six months based on some secret deal with auto shops. I was laughing at first, but then he pointed out that the light at Main and Market, which used to be a quick green, now holds you for a full 90 seconds for no clear reason. It got me thinking about how we just accept these small, annoying systems without question. What's a local oddity in your area that feels a little too convenient for someone else's benefit?

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the_dylan17d ago

A full 90 seconds? That's insane.

seth_green8517d ago

But is it really that big of a deal?