@ Dimmi
Yes - especially at traffic lights:
1) waiting at a red traffic light = in neutral with handbrake on
2) Amber light = Put in gear and take up travel on clutch, and be ready to apply accelerator, hand on handbrake ready to release.
3) Green light = GO GO GO GO! [/murray walker]
The time I waste because the guy in front waits until GREEN before he starts the above sequence.
Oh, and to those people who pull away before letting the handbrake go, making the rear of the car go all squatty to the ground, this is a sign to all other road users that you are a driving n00b and they'll regard you with the appropriate contempt for your lack of mechanical sympathy.
I'll They'll also cut you up given the scantiest opportunity.