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Edsel Chase (starswirler@geocities.com) wrote:
: In our neck of the woods, EVs frequently have accidents at 
: intersections, especially within city propers -- so what i 
: had in mind was giving the EV the ability to control the 
: traffic flow while enroute to/from accident scenes -- the 
: system would give opposing traffic plenty of time to slow 
: and stop at yellow-to-red lights and give the greens to 
: the EV -- so EVs would never have to slow down, and the 
: EV-involved accidents would decrease in number -- 

  EV collisions are a big problem in the big city in my neck of the woods.
People in the city think green means go and get in everyone's way, even
into an EV's way, even into an intersection while the next block is full
of cars (causing gridlock more than getting ahead of it).  And I see
ambulances and fire engines and cop cars routinely coming to a near stop
at every intersection to avoid hitting the many people who don't want to
lose a few seconds or miss a light or two just because an EV has to get
somewhere.

  I blame the lax enforcement of traffic laws by Philadelphia's cops,
which partly results from one of Philadelphia's laughingstocks known as
their "Traffic Court".  In most of Pennsylvania other than Philadelphia,
there is no Traffic Court and traffic tickets are fought in "District
Courts" which serve functions besides hearing traffic ticket trials.
  And in a major suburb bordering Philadelphia on the west (Upper Darby),
the cops seem almost as lax lately as Philadelphia cops are.  Many people
drive as if they are in Philadelphia and get away with it.  In one
turn-only lane I sometimes see, sometimes a majority of the drivers using
this lane are using it as a passing lane.

  Back to traffic failing to yield to EV's:  I heard St. Louis got tough
by having a few extra cops trailing EV's.  People failing to yield got
ticketed.  Any truth to this?  I surely encourage this!

 - Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)