Absolutely magnificent phenomena - not had it for years though. If I remember correctly Newt Livingston monkeyed around with the phasing to stop this being a possibility on a lot of the old trunk roads.
Years ago, if I waited for the lights to turn green at the junction of Battersea Park Road and queenstown road and rode at exactly 88 mph, I'd enter into a succesful movie career with a couple of lucrative sequels, before being cruelly struck down by parkinsons at a young age.
(on motorbike at some ungodly hour of the morning......etc)
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