For those of us who do not drive that much, this question posed on Reddit is a no-brainer:
“If you got offered $1,000,000 but it meant that every traffic light you approach will be red, would you take it?”
However, guess what? Lots of people drive every day. Some drive for their job. Others just really like getting on the open road and go, go, going. What would you do? Take the money or take your chances?
1.
“Yes. Because I am more annoyed by my poorness than driving.” — I_might_be_weasel
2.
“It happens to me anyway, why couldn’t it happen to rich me?” — googonite
3.
“Everyone acts like it’s a mathematical problem where money=time is the only thing that matters. Even if you could use that time to make more money, you wouldn’t. It’s too much work.” — “Sure, I could learn the routes with the least stoplights for $1m.” — Djinn42
4.
“Sure. It seems I hardly ever come up to a green light anyways.” — Nodelx
5.
“Honestly just knowing it would be red every time I approach would be nice. I would just adjust driving patterns and I’d never get frustrated thinking I missed the green. It’s just always red not a big deal.” — raznog
6.
“The amount of time I waste sitting at red lights would not nearly reach the amount of time I spend working. With 1000000 dollars and my current expenses I wouldn’t need to work for 20+ years. And that money can make me more money in the background. So yeah it would be stupid not to take it.” — marlowescoffeemaker
7.
“If you charge by the minute, you could actually use it to make extra money as a taxi driver.” — TannedCroissant
8.
“You can dump a million bucks into a dividend stock (e.g. MAIN) and take home about $5k per month after taxes without ever touching the principal amount. If I do some napkin math based on my current commute and a typical red light length of 90 seconds to two minutes, I’m going to effectively get paid $1,600 per hour to sit at those lights. So yeah, I’ll take that offer.” — a_small_goat
9.
“Yeah we don’t exactly have too many traffic lights where I live…..sign me the fuck up.” — toxicgriefer2003
10.
“Doesn’t mean I have to stop.” — aBigOLDick