Re: Glad I am not the only one
"Terry Pratchett once wrote that the shortest unit of time was the New York Second: the interval between the traffic light turning off the red light and the cab driver behind you hitting his horn."
The Parisian version of that is the entire queue behind you is watching for the light changing and the entire queue behind you hitting their horns.
They don't muck around with first driver setting off, then second driver setting off, either. They all set off in unison. Failure to comply with this rule means you get a gentle (or not so gentle) nudge from the car behind.