Posted on 02/16/2015 1:36:33 PM PST by dennisw
With drivers decelerating and stopping at lights, then revving up to move quickly when lights go green, peak particle concentration was found to be 29 times higher than that during free-flowing traffic conditions.
Also of course, while travelling by road we are generally pretty close to the air pollution source, which is the tailpipe of preceding road vehicle.
Though drivers spend just 2 per cent of their journey time passing through intersections managed by traffic lights, this short duration contributes to about 25 per cent of total exposure to these harmful particles. Though drivers spend just 2% of their journey time passing through intersections managed by traffic lights, this short duration contributes to about 25% of total exposure to these harmful particles
It's not always possible to change your route to avoid these intersections, but drivers should be aware of the increased risks at busy lights and at least try to avoid regularly taking routes that force them to sit in traffic inhaling potentially harmful fumes.
How stopping at traffic lights could be slowly killing you: Expert warns they expose us to extra high levels of pollution
Professor Prashant Kumar is a senior lecturer at the University of Surrey Warns pollution is 29 times higher at traffic lights where cars rev engines People are also closer to the tailpipe of the vehicle in front of them Therefore they are being exposed to health-damaging pollution particles Pollution linked to 7 million premature deaths a year, official figures show
The average UK commuter spends about 1.5 hours a day at the wheel.
Research by my team at the University of Surrey has shown how drivers and pedestrians are being exposed to very high levels of air pollutants at traffic lights.
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Back when unleaded gasoline was the norm, there were intersections in New York City where the lead concentration on the ground was higher than would be expected near a lead smelter.
But driving through red lights may quickly kill you.
Well, that settles it; no more stopping at red lights, may as well die quickly.
Yah, if you made it through the 40's, 50's, 60's while spending much time in a car, your're good to go now.
Which is why I am always against red lights.
Always set your circulation to remain in your air. I never let in outside air.
Not because cigarettes are good, but life was better when there were fewer do-gooders, people didn't worry about pollution concentrations at traffic lights. Sheesh!
You aren't going to live forever. So ... just live.
Look at that. My fingers can't even type the word "leaded."
I went into a Lowe's a few weeks ago to see if I could get lead shot for a science project my daughter was doing. One of their helpful sales people came up and asked if I was finding everything I was looking for. I told him that I was looking for lead shot, and he said "there's no lead anywhere in this store; I know this because I'm a plumber."
Nothing that a hunting/fishing store can’t solve!
Wait until you try round-abouts with American drivers!
You’ll bet for stop lights!
The study is false. There are more traffic lights than ever, and we’re living longer than ever. Inverse proportionality. It’s Obamacare that’s going to kill us.
One of the reasons I enjoyed roundabouts in the UK rural areas.
That said all intersections were roundabouts and not a mix of them. Further people knew how to drive them properly.
In the cities and a few large intersections some had lights. Had to otherwise you’d never be able to get in.
“””Always set your circulation to remain in your air. I never let in outside air.”””
Till the windows fog up.
Regressive liberal government policy that promises to protect us will kill us much sooner than traffic lights.
The crisis-industry has found so many things that are killing as that it’s a wonder that we’re not all dead.
As an aside, this station was in an inner city neighborhood, and the owner of the station had an ‘attack dog’ to protect the place. The dog was trained to respond to the word “hit”. One time a customer became violent and threatening, and the owner told the dog to “hit”. The dog ran over and pee’ed on the customer's leg. It worked though. The guy just left.
“I never let in outside air.”
If you ride with me you WILL, I promise you.
I do love me some Daily Mail UK, but they have a tendency to publish some of the most crackpot medical/science stories around.
The comments sections after these kinds of articles bear that out.
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