Stoplights known for racing

[webny99]

What stoplights in your area are known for drivers racing each other when the light turns green? This could be intentional, where both drivers are intent on beating each other from the get-go, or unintentional, where drivers are indecisive and end up going back and forth for positioning. The most common ones in my experience are where two lanes merge to one a short distance beyond the light, so whoever takes off fastest is first in line heading into the single lane stretch. That can be a big time saver if the alternative is being stuck in a string of traffic behind a slow driver.

In my area this occurs on basically every major road heading east out into the suburbs at some point:

• NY 104 at Pound Rd east of Williamson
• NY 286 at Clark Rd in Penfield
• NY 441 at Watson Rd in Penfield
• NY 31F at Jefferson St in Fairport
• NY 31 at Turk Hill Rd in Perinton

And of course west of the city, the NY 531 transition to NY 31 is particularly intense due to heavy traffic coming off a 65 mph freeway merging to a single lane, and the second lane extends beyond the light far enough that weaving and jockeying for position is also known to occur in addition to racing between two drivers.

What other locations are known for this type of thing? Also feel free to share any personal experiences that relate to this topic... I'm sure we've all experienced it at some point!

[epzik8]

I'd have to say a lot on US 40 in Baltimore, particularly on the east side of the side between the Orleans Street Bridge and the transition to Pulaski Highway.

[Max Rockatansky]

Anything on Jensen Avenue between Clovis Avenue to Temperance Avenue near the southeast limit of Fresno.  The road is mostly signed with a 65 MPH limit and has next to no traffic outside of rush hour.  I hear drag races overnight most of the weekend.

[Big John]

Ramp meters in Colorado where both lanes turn green at the same time.

[cockroachking]

The most common ones in my experience are where two lanes merge to one a short distance beyond the light, so whoever takes off fastest is first in line heading into the single lane stretch. That can be a big time saver if the alternative is being stuck in a string of traffic behind a slow driver.

Same here. Below are the two I drive through the most:
NY-9D SB at the former South Hills Mall
NY-9D SB at Brockway Rd

No comment on my participation in said "racing." 
(I prefer to call it quick reflexes...)

[Henry]

I've seen this thing happen a lot on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, especially south of Soldier Field, and also on Stony Island Avenue.

[froggie]

What's a stoplight?

[Rothman]

What's a stoplight?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoplight

[1995hoo]

What's a stoplight?

They really ought to be "go lights" insofar as they involve racing. 

[wanderer2575]

M-5 (Haggerty Connector) in Commerce Township, MI.  There are three traffic signals (at 13 Mile Road, 14 Mile Road, and Maple Road) that actually are synchronized in both directions for the posted 55 mph speed limit.  It's kind of a hoot watching drivers take off from a red light at 60+ mph and jockey for position to be the first to get to the next red light.

[Bobby5280]

Here in my town we have a couple of problematic stop lights on Rogers Lane -a surface street dressed up to pretend as if it is an Interstate highway.

A few weeks ago a motorist was killed at the intersection of Rogers Lane and NW 67th Street. The guy who died tried to make a left turn from 67th Street onto WB Rogers Lane. His vehicle was T-boned by someone speeding Eastbound on Rogers Lane, trying to beat the light. Well, his light turned red before he could cross the intersection. The guy who died probably trusted the green light too much and may not have looked to his left; he proceeded forward and got pulverized.

The signal timing of traffic lights on Rogers Lane really sucks. You just have to know you are going to catch the red light. Rogers Lane is extremely NOT a "free-flowing" road. The traffic signal at 38th Street is just as bad, but worse yet, the intersection is down in a valley. During the morning and afternoon rushes traffic back-ups can build along Rogers Lane near that intersection. People come cresting over the hill at full speed only to get surprised by a bunch of parked cars all of a sudden. Rear-end collisions are common.

Rogers Lane just sucks ass as both a surface street or a fake freeway. ODOT is planning some band-aid "upgrades" to alleviate the safety concerns. The end result will leave the road operating even slower and less efficient. That will cause more people to gravitate back to using Cache Road (aka "Crash Road") as the main arterial between the East and West sides of town.

[Road Hog]

Any location where lanes narrow past the traffic light is a prime candidate. TX-289 at the Prosper-Celina boundary is in the mix for sure.

[SectorZ]

Locally famous around me are some of the stoplights on the north side of the Merrimack River in Lowell, along either Pawtucket Blvd or VFW Hwy. More than a few high speed accidents used to occur at them but I think the concept of racing from stoplights isn't thankfully as "cool" as it used to be. That or we have safer idiots than years past.