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mashton
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Greenbank
I was following a postie down Portland St towards burgess park end. There are some temp traffic lights half way down which went red just as he passed through ahead of me. So I cursed my luck and slowed down for the inevitable 5 minute wait you get with those shit temp lights. Five seconds after it goes red, it jumps to green so I cruise on through feeling well smug. The postie obviously has noticed this in his rear view mirror and does a three point turn to confront me/tell me off for RLJing (rightfully so). He was a man who'd seen red so we initially start shouting at each other, until I convince him I'm telling the truth with "why would I give a shit what you thought if I had broken the law to argue with you if I had jumped the light?" Immediately he smiles/apologises and explains he sees RLJing all day and this was the 'straw that broke the camels back' so to speak so we part laughing etc. I don't think I've ever convinced a driver like that and end up laughing about it, shame taxi drivers don't back down when proven wrong...