Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Joel Garry
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 00:00

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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:56:56 -0400, Stuart Smith 
<stuartsmith1@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>John_David_Galt@acm.org wrote in message <37F8EDF4.DC772B56@acm.org>...
>>>> So your posting from the UK. What does that have to do with a stop
>>>> sign at the entrance to a rotary in the US?
>>
>>> i think he's just trying to point out that a stop sign at the entrance to
>a
>>> roundabout defeats the purpose of the roundabout, which is to keep
>traffic
>>> moving
>>
>>Maybe that's true in the UK.  Where I've seen them used in the US, the
>>purpose seems to be to cause congestion and make driving a pain, like
>>other "traffic calming devices".
>
>
>That's only because people don't know how to use them.

Having a lot of experience with the Long Beach Traffic Circle, I say:
Amen!

But I have to add, it _is_ pretty intimidating if you are not used to it,
especially at rush hour.

jg
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From: joel-garry@nospam.home.com (Joel Garry)
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/09
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