Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Robin
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 00:00

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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:43:20 -0400, Thomas Wilk wrote...

> 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."

Some areas still have them.  I grew up in a MD suburb of DC, and 
somewhere around midnight or one they changed to flashing.  Here in SWVA 
they never do, alas!

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From: robin_@SoftHome.net (Robin)
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/09/29
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