Forever Light at Lexington Rd and Middlesex Turnpike

Forever lights are those traffic lights that never seem to change until after an hour
has passed.  Billerica has at least two of them.  I clocked both at 2 minutes before the light would change - a LONG two minutes.  One is located at the corner of Lexington Rd and Middlesex Turnpike.  If you are on Lexington Rd waiting for it to turn to green,
be prepared to relax and sit awhile because that's exactly what you'll be doing.  It'll take at least two minutes before it changes to green.  I have noticed that this light does not seem to want to change unless a car is coming the other way to "tick" it off.  God forbid if a car does not come the other way to do this ticking because you may never see it change.  (I won't bother suggesting to you what to do if this happens.  Just
use your own discretion.)

Forever Light at Charnstaff Lane and Boston Rd - Billerica's longest light.

The other forever light is at the corner of Charnstaff Ln. and Boston Rd.  This is
by far the LONGEST street light I have encountered in the whole town.  A good full
two minutes (possibly more) is required before that light changes to green if you're
on Charnstaff Ln.  It's waiting, waiting, waiting, and waiting forever for that light
just to turn.  As a matter of fact, I've noticed that some people get so frustrated with this light that once it changes, they cut through the Billerica Mall parking lot to get to Tower Farm Rd just so that they WON'T have to wait and go through another light to reach the road.  They're so full of frustration from the light that they fly through the Billerica Mall parking lot running through anything and anyone in their path.  I was in a parked car in the lot and I nearly had my car side-swiped from a driver flying through the parking lot after going through Charnstaff's traffic light on her way to Tower Farm Rd.  She was TIRED of waiting and when that light changed, Boy, you had just better get out of her way.  She was just FLYING through that parking lot.  Which scared me in another way.  Off to a side in the parking lot, a group of young boys were riding their bikes.  

She could've hit any one of them.

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