What's the average amount of time that a person waits at a red light in one day?

Question

Minutes or seconds is fine.

Answer 1

I usually figure 45 seconds per red light. I figure that I'll hit one in three red. In city traffic, I'll go through a controlled intersection every half mile.

So on a ten mile trip, I'll pass under 20 lights and I'll wait for six of them. That's 135 seconds, or about 2.25 minutes.

I'm a cab driver, so I'll drive 150 miles in a work day. That's 15 x 2.25 or  roughly 33 minutes per day. I'm on the high end.

The average person would be substantially less than that.

Answer 2

Me, probably about five minutes.

Answer 3

It depends on how far I drive and if there is traffic, but usually about 15-20 minutes on a normal day.

Answer 4

10-15

Answer 5

9 minutes for every 30 minutes of city driving