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In article <7st9r7$ea1$1@news-int.gatech.edu>, Kiki says...
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>In rec.autos.driving David Meyers <dmeyers@panix.com> wrote:
>: Kiki <tigress@havoc.gtf.org> writes:
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>:> where trip plates are really nice. There are some intersections though
>:> where the trip plate is farther back to allow for some accumulation, my
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>: And if nobody comes up behind you and sits on the plate,
>: the damn light might never change.
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>: Trip plates suck.
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>Um, I think this is too black and white... the problem is not that they
>suck, but there are areaas where timing lights is better, and areas where
>trip plates work out a lot better.
>Trip plates do not always suck as you say. I've been to many places
>(including where I am on the main road) where I am very happy there are
>trip plates instead of timed lights.
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>Tigress
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I hope you guys literally don't mean trip plates? As far as I know they haven't
been around in years. They just didn't work very well. AFAIK what has taken the
place of trip plates are proximty loop detectors that are buried beneath the
roadway and have no mechanical parts... Is that what you mean?