And from the experts, for the benefit of Labib Qasem:
Tip#47
Short cuts are trouble.It
is illegal to drive through parking lots and private property to avoid
traffic signals at intersections. This creates a danger for pedestrians
in the parking lots. Respect others. Don’t “shortcut” through
residential areas. Most residential streets are not designed for high
traffic volumes. Hazards in residential areas are children playing,
people walking, etc. and this raises risks to others. -
52 Traffic Safety Tips, Kingsport Police Department Community Relations Office, Kingsport, TennesseeStay on Major Roads
Some
motorists drive through residential neighborhoods because it is a
short-cut or because it allows them to avoid traffic signals. This
behavior negatively impacts residents by increasing neighborhood
traffic. Be courteous and use major streets whenever possible. -
City of San Leandro Engineering and Transportation Department, Driving: Best PracticesA
positive parameter indicates, all other influences remaining fixed,
that the opinion reflects something of greater importance and/or greater
likelihood of it being delivered. For example, given that the mean
estimate of the random parameter for slowed downtime was negative and
“avoid traffic lights” had a positive parameter estimate, the presence
of a strong positive effect reduces the marginal (dis)utility of slowed
down time. -
Respondent Behavior in Discrete Choice Modeling with a Focus on the Valuation of Travel Time Savings, JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION AND STATISTICS, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration