This morning, I sat in my freezing cold car at a stoplight, waiting for the light to turn green. It was early, and there wasn’t another car to be seen. (Except for the one fateful car in front of me.) We waited. And waited. I kept glancing at the little green walking man on the lightpole, willing him to be replaced by the friendly flashing hand. However the little green man remained in his place, pulling faces and dancing in mockery of me. If it wasn’t for the car in front of me, I would have just gone.

Finally, off in the distance, I could see headlights. The light down the road had changed, and some cars were coming. And, after several minutes of waiting for the light to change while there was no traffic going the other way, it was ironic that the light turned yellow as soon as the first car passed, so that the rest of the cars had to wait while I went through my (finally!) green light.

Now how difficult would it have been to have a green light for us when there was no traffic the other direction so that when there was traffic the other direction, they could have a green light?

I think that there is something far more sinister at work here than ineptitude. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think that Greenpeace has taken over traffic duties here in Provo. Their evil plot? Drive people like me crazy until we give up our cars for more eco-friendly transportation, like walking.

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