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This brings up  all my pet peeves about trip plates.  There are a ton
of drivers out there that will not pull up over the plate to actuate
it.  Then they wonder why they didn't get the green or the turn arrow.
Pisses off many that are behind these morons.

Another peeve: Remember when lights would change to flashing at night?
Used to be that the main street would get the flashing yellow and the
side street would get the flashing red.  But it seems that us
"Mericans" have forgotten what these lights mean. Flashing yellow
means "slow down because that moron at the side street is going to run
the flashing red light right in front of you."  Flashing red means
"stop, you idiot, because the cars on the main street aren't required
to stop and they will plow into you."

Now, you get those plates that do the following:
If you are on the side street waiting to enter the main road, you must
wait a minimum of 2 minutes even if there is no traffic on the main
road.  And if you have a high vehicle or motorcycle, the trip plate
may not even sense your presence.

If you are on the main street, the person waiting at the side street
will finally get the light to change just as you are approaching.  You
will just make a complete stop when the light turns green.

Bring back the flashing traffic lights and the timed lights.

Tom
Kiki <tigress@havoc.gtf.org> wrote in message
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> *nod* I like trip plates a lot. I don't think they would work so
well in
> the busy downtown, but outside of it there are plenty of
intersections
> where trip plates are really nice. There are some intersections
though
> where the trip plate is farther back to allow for some accumulation,
my
> aunt would slow down at the area and then get a green before she got
to
> the light.
>
> Tigress
>
>
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> These opinions are mine, not those of Georgia Tech.  It is the
opinion of
> Tech that I should be writing a paper on some topic or another.
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