Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: David Meyers
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 00:00

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X Metro Man <pdcorc@excite.com> writes:

> Other New England traits I hate:
> 
> (1) Street name signs that show the side street's name only.  If you

These really piss me off.  Sometimes you can go an enormous
distance on a road before a sign will tell you where you are.
Moreover, it's equally likely that the road you thought
you were on actually made a 90-degree turn a while back, and
having gone straight you are on a different road...

> (2) ...

(3) Rotaries.  They have to be the most inefficient and
dangerous way I can think of for multiple roads to intersect.

--d

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From: David Meyers <dmeyers@panix.com>
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/09/29
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