# Things that infuriate you well beyond their actual importance

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 4, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712 "2024-09-04T02:18:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/3150 "2026-10-10T22:20:00Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> But. At the second red there was no one going through the cross street, so no reason for it to change in the first place. And when I got the green it _did_ stop someone else who _was_ approaching the cross street. So basically it’s an all around horrible light.

I call those Exxon lights. You’re going to burn gas speeding through it or idling while waiting for it to change – it doesn’t care which.

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