Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: John_David_Galt
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:00

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>> 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".

John David Galt

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From: John_David_Galt@acm.org
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/04
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