That is why I said accelerate _slower_ than the person in front of you to build a gap. (Once you are on the other side of the traffic light)<p>When the light goes green everyone should go at the exact same time and acceleration. Because you just started moving your speed is very low, so you don&#x27;t need a large following distance.<p>You are clearly one of the millions of people that doesn&#x27;t understand this.