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New York Uber driver's video appears to show him hit 236 consecutive green lights

By Ben Hooper
The driver said his previous record was 186 green lights, before finally hitting a red. Screenshot: Shawn Swetsky - Post Producer/Vimeo
The driver said his previous record was 186 green lights, before finally hitting a red. Screenshot: Shawn Swetsky - Post Producer/Vimeo

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NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A New York Uber driver's dashboard camera video purports to show him hitting 236 consecutive green lights before stopping at a red.

Noah Forman posted a video to YouTube showing his 26-minute Manhattan drive in the early morning hours Dec. 6, hitting 236 green traffic lights before being stopped by a red light.

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A friend posted a condensed version of the video, edited down to just over 4 minutes, on Vimeo.

Forman, who became a cab driver in 2005 before turning to Uber, said the same friend got him interested in green light runs a few years ago and encouraged him on a 186 green light streak a few years ago, which he said was unofficially a borough record.

Forman's latest feat bested his own record by nearly 60 lights.

Noah hits 240 green lights. from Shawn Swetsky - Post Producer on Vimeo.

"Every now and then, I feel lucky and I give it an attempt, but this night I could tell right from the beginning it looked good," Forman told the New York Daily News.

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"It seems like you go with where the lights take you," Forman said. "The minute I think too hard and I veer off course... I just get hit with a red light somewhere."

The driver said his new goal is to double his current record.

"I would love to take it further," he said. "Not any time soon. Maybe in a year or two, see if I could get 500."

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