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Article #8390Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
From: Martin Harvey
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:00
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Shiva Nataraja wrote: > > >> >You stop? That just makes things harder.... > >> > >> Either you missed the fact that there is a STOP SIGN at the entrance, > >> or you are advocating breaking the law. Which is it? > > > >Neither. Check the top level domain name of my email address. > > Are you implying that people in the .UK are unable to read? ;-) The > existence of the stop sign was clearly stated in the original post > (which I quoted, but you trimmed from your reply for some reason. ;-) Hmm.. Perhaps what I should have written was: "One stops? That just makes things harder...." ie ... yeah .. the law's stupid... break it <g>. > Then you guys are doing it right. Making drivers stop before entering > a traffic circle is almost as dumb as making them stop on a freeway > onramp - most of the little econoboxes today can't even get out of > their own way, much less build up enough speed to safely merge with > moving traffic. Exactly. Two prime situations where the easiest way out of trouble is to step on the gas. MH. -- Martin Harvey. New email address!!!!!!!! martin@pergolesi.demon.co.uk http://www.pergolesi.demon.co.uk
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