Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Shiva Nataraja
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 00:00

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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 19:50:48 -0400, "Stuart Smith"
<stuartsmith1@mindspring.com> wrote:

>
>X Metro Man wrote in message <9Y3yN+h7Zxhp8BYLwuVDitKgkz0q@4ax.com>...
>>Ever try to get to Cape Cod during the summer?  Damned rotaries back
>>up traffic for MILES.  The reason they're still there is because the
>>businesses abutting the rotaries have lots of pull on Beacon Hill.
>
>This isn't intended to start a flame war, but part of the reason may be that
>Americans don't know how to use them correctly.

That's exactly the reason.

Roundabouts are a throwback to the old horse and buggy days. After
cars came into common use, people stopped building them; those that
remain are usually in some quaint historic district (like downtown
Orange, CA). As a result, you can spend an entire driving career
without even SEEING a traffic circle, much less driving through one.
How can you expect drivers to know how to negotiate something
correctly if they've never seen one before?

That's like expecting someone from the Great Plains to know how to
correctly park on a hill.

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From: bell88@hotbot.com (Shiva Nataraja)
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/02
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