[Closed] driving and the delay at traffic lights

I was always taught handbrake/neutral at traffic lights if they are going to be stopped for more than a few seconds.

Do you still feed the wheel through your hands like you were taught?

At teatime my local Tesco usually has a two lane queue to get out with both lanes in the main road choked both before and after the light controlled exit junction.

Two weeks ago the lights were out and there was hardly a car to be seen either in Tescos or on the main road. It must say something.

I'll just leave this here: [url= http://http://www.traffic-simulation.de/ ]Dynamic Traffic Simulation[/url].

Don't get me started on lights, the buggers here have changed the phasing for lights at the M1 island, only 3 cars going through. So it is now taking me 25-30 minutes to do a little over a mile to get on the M1!!