The same second? I agree. But even two seconds should be plenty to notice the light is green and begin accelerating. By second four, I'm giving you a gentle honk because I suspect you are either on your phone, or zoned out.

The person at the front of the queue at a light has a solemn duty to pay attention and move as soon as possible .

I take this very seriously, but as with everything humans let me down constantly.

How about you get off your damn phone and pay attention? It's actually been green for five whole seconds.

We don't know if you're high, sleeping, on your phone, or just watching SpongeBob on your infotainment panel. All we know is that you're failing of the one expectation of you.
Honking at you gets your attention back where it needs to be. Don't take it personal. People have places to be.

There were always three topics that would start a fight on Reddit:

1. Nuclear power
2. The care and feeding of a cat
3. Any mention of driving less than 500 mph in the fast lane

I feel like this one goes in the third bucket. Be better than Reddit, Lemmy.

They're just yelling for joy at the light turning green

The moment the light turns green is the moment I take my foot off the brake. I move very slowly forward while checking the cross streets (way too many people running red lights, it's absurd). Taking your foot off the brake lets the cars behind you know you're paying attention.

I do this to people who are weaving around traffic and cut me off and we're both at the same light anyway. so I honk the moment the light turns green just to be a dick.