I have noticed that whenever I am stopped at a red traffic light, nothing turns it green faster than me looking for something in my bag. I'm usually shaken into the realization that it's red by the annoyed driver behind me leaning on his/her horn. Why does that happen? I have sat in more than my share of red lights that seemed to last forever! Yet when I suddenly need to find the bottle of hand sanitizer or my phone, lights just turn green like that! It's like a new Murphy's law: when you're not in a hurry, every light turns green.
I think I'm getting this trend. When I'm in a hurry, I’ll start composing a text message. Green light.
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Except that I was at a red light this afternoon trying to "google map" a destination in Annapolis. And then, the car in front of me suddenly bolts away but as I proceed to follow the car thru the intersection, the light is not green but already a steady amber (go figure).
Needless to say, there was just enough time for me to blink and hop stop on the white line as the other car made its escape before the light changed back to red.
Maybe next time, I'll try texting instead. :-) Oh, and paying close attention to what's going on while waiting at a red light that has already changed color to green.
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