Think about this.........

[Ed Wright]

Yes, but it ain't gonna change because a few old men keep cryng about it on an internet message board. Also, some get tired of the endless long posts complaining about it.

Only a person with a lower class car that doesn't have to give a lot of spots think the faster car has all the advantages, and thinks the "dirty tree" / "clean tree" talk is B.S.
I usually leave first, but with the rule like it is I still prefer leaving first. No car leaving in the other lane or lights coming down on the other side of the tree to distract me. I'm not the only one that will tell you that.

I know, guys say I need to "FOCUS!", but also "JUST DON'T RED LIGHT!"

Just because the faster car went ahead and left instead of sitting on the converter or 2 step does not mean they would have been red if the slower car weren't red. If I spot a car and it goes red, I just say "I'm gone" and leave. I don't spot many by a lot, so won't be a half second red. I know several others in faster cars that do the same thing. People can whine all they want, but the rule is what it is.

May as well give it a rest.