The faster you get your car to the inductive sensor in the road, the faster the lights change.
And plenty of turning lanes in New Zealand will not trigger the green turning arrow unless a car is waiting. If you don't get onto the sensor before the phase completes for the cross traffic, then you need to wait a full phase of lights before the green arrow is enabled (which can be quite a while, depending on pedestrians and other turning lanes etc).
It depends on time of day and wether cars coming the other direction are waiting to turn.
A few intersections are very cycle unfriendly, because they separate induction sensors for cycles are not installed for all lanes.
Not saying that your explanation is wrong, just saying that in some circumstances, hooning up to the light can reduce wait times for drivers.
The same thing can happen when walking (pressing the pedestrian cross button in time can reduce the waiting time before you can cross), or cycling (sometimes you need to get onto the cycle induction sensor to get the green cycle lights faster).
And plenty of turning lanes in New Zealand will not trigger the green turning arrow unless a car is waiting. If you don't get onto the sensor before the phase completes for the cross traffic, then you need to wait a full phase of lights before the green arrow is enabled (which can be quite a while, depending on pedestrians and other turning lanes etc).
It depends on time of day and wether cars coming the other direction are waiting to turn.
A few intersections are very cycle unfriendly, because they separate induction sensors for cycles are not installed for all lanes.
Not saying that your explanation is wrong, just saying that in some circumstances, hooning up to the light can reduce wait times for drivers.
The same thing can happen when walking (pressing the pedestrian cross button in time can reduce the waiting time before you can cross), or cycling (sometimes you need to get onto the cycle induction sensor to get the green cycle lights faster).