The Green Light Anticipation Syndrome

So, yesterday, I was driving from MARTA to get home, and I stop at a red light. The guy in front of me waits for the crossroad lights to turn red, and then goes. He almost crashes on the car that's turning. The direct way light didn't turn on, but unstead, the turn lights did. The guy was sitting there, waiting, and jumped the gun before the light actually turned green.

I've seen that to a lesser level in many places. People anxiously wait for the green light to come, looking at the other lights, and waiting for them to turn red. As soon as they do, they get ready to start moving. The bad thing is that people react quickly, and sometimes they are a tad bit quicker than the system that changes the light. That of course results in mishaps and accidents.

Even when we see the turning light turn on, it still triggers the fact that one saw a green light. The only problem it's not always the greenlight that was expected. It's funny to see how people do that little jump before they realize that: "Hey, the light is red for me, oops."

Silly people.