Driving from airport

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I travel almost every week to another city by airplane to do business. When I get back, I have to drive about 10 km from the airport to my home, passing approx. 20 traffic lights along the way. Normally I have to stop for a minute or so at every second one of them (or so it seems). A couple of months ago I had the amazing experience of landing one night, and then driving straight home without stopping at a single traffic light. It seems to me the chance of this occurring must be very small. Best regards, Claus Skaaning PS. Btw. we met many years ago while I was a student in Aalborg under Steffen Lauritzen and Finn V. Jensen.
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Date submitted:Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:28:13 +0000Coincidence ID:3345