... light inhibit the intention Time is one factor which is involved in allowing the intention to run an amber light to override the reflex of braking. Given enough time and motivation, people are able to resist the automatic response towards certain stimuli and put into play planned sequences of action. This is demonstrated in the increased amount of time it takes to state the colour of a word in the Stroop experiment when the actual word colour is incongruent with the colour the word states. Likewise, the automatic process of braking at an amber light should inhibit the conscious intention to accelerate and run it. It is possible, that through operant conditioning, drivers learn that it is more advantageous to begin to evaluate the consequences of slowing down or accelerating in response to an amber light when they are a further distance away from a traffic light than when they are ...

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