Can the traffic lights really be against you?

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Traffic lights
Can they all be against you? Photograph: Alamy Photograph: Alamy

People often say that on a car journey the "lights were all against us". Can this actually be the case? If you are stopped at one set of traffic lights, are you statistically more likely to be stopped at the next set?

Rory Hegarty

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