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Article #8436Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
From: Marc
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 00:00
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David Meyers <dmeyers@panix.com> wrote: >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. Inefficient? When done, no one has to stop. With a stoplight, at least 50% of the availiable lanes are facing a red lignt, and here there are times when all are red, or when left turn lanes have arrows that leave only 2 of 16 lanes facing a green. That seems very inefficient. Marc
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