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Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Kiki
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 00:00
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In rec.autos.driving nmoberg <nmoberg@hotmail.com> wrote:
: 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?

Well, for me, yeah (basically anything that senses a car and changes
lights that way).
Not going to speak for others.

Tigress

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From: Kiki <tigress@havoc.gtf.org>
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/09/29
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