Continuing the OT-
I'm curious if a particular driver behavior change I notice here might be the same in the Netherlands and elsewhere, which may be partly due to the shift away from manual transmissions but I think is far more driven by mobile phone usage-
Decades ago, drivers would generally tend to coast to a red traffic light, then take off quickly as soon as the signal changed. That behavior seems to now be completely inverted- Drivers tend to rush to a red light, seemingly braking as late as possible, then slowly take off after the signal changes.
Anyone else notice this? I assume its because they are impatient get back on their phone while stopped at the light, and are slow to quit it after the change.
It's somewhat annoying as I'm still coasting, timing the light changes to preserve inertia, shifting manually. The new behavior folks speed past and swerve in front during the coast, then sit there after the light change, screwing up the well preserved inertia and timing. [shakes old man fits at cloud]
I do wonder if my current manual 6-speed (2013 era, its so good - manual transmission finally perfected) may unfortunately be the last of its breed. Its been a very long time since I was adjusting valves and timing, and longer still since I was working a choke-knob and shifting "3 on the tree"! Where's that old wire-recorder?