So I was buzzing around GB after grabbing a bite to eat with my friend heading across town to look at some sprinkler pipes running through Walmart for work, and I come up on a cargo van waiting in the left lane of a two lane street. I was in a bit of a hurry so I switched to the right lane and that must have been enough to perturb him. He starts revving at me. I looked over at my friend in the car and said "Is this guy serious?" So I start watching the traffic lights from the side street go from green to yellow to red. I then look to my traffic lights, waiting for the green so that I can smoke this goofy goober in the ford van. I have my foot pressing slightly on the gas pedal, as I feel no need to give this guy a good launch and really take off, and I'm waiting to start feeding in clutch when the traffic light changes.
To Yellow.
I sat there. It wasn't a green light, so I just didn't go. The guy in the van mashed the pedal to the floor and I hear squealing tires pulling away from me. I look at the side streets traffic lights, and there still red. My light is still yellow. My friend is laughing his ass off in the seat next to me. I look again to my light and it begins flashing yellow.
Apparently in GB 7:00PM is late enough at that intersection where they feel that a traffic light is not needed at that intersection.
My friend looks at me and tells me how badly I got smoked by a ford van, and I couldn't do anything but agree. I then slowly pulled away from the intersection and we were both laughing pretty hard in another 1/2 a block.
All I can say is that the guy had mad reaction time. I figure I'll do a couple more upgrades, and then head back out for a rematch.
