if it is just a speed test that must be where we are not seeing eye to eye, as I am thinking of this in terms of racing, I want a contest between the drivers
exactly. when a pro races a pro, he wants to beat the driver, not just the car.
when a local takes their car to the strip to see how fast it is, he/she is going to want to have a way to know when to drop the clutch.
Ex, I don't think you understand what they're doing with the tree. They are not changing the yellow to green sequence, just the initial start of the yellows. It has no effect on the "countdown" that they have been using for years.
Which reminds me of a change they made a while back. The tree lights use to be incandecent bulbs, they are now LEDs. Just switching from bulbs to LEDs, made the perfect reaction time change, from .400, to .000 just because of the delay an incandecent bulb has before it's fully lit. LEDs light instantly.