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Article #8443Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
From: John_David_Galt
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:00
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>> Ever try to get to Cape Cod during the summer? Damned rotaries back >> up traffic for MILES. The reason they're still there is because the >> businesses abutting the rotaries have lots of pull on Beacon Hill. > This isn't intended to start a flame war, but part of the reason may be that > Americans don't know how to use them correctly. Okay, I'll bite. I stop at the stop sign on entering the rotary, wait for an opening, then go. The stop, and the sharp curve, are responsible for most of the time wasted (that and the fact that rotaries are usually only one lane wide, because if they weren't you'd need to put all-way stops at each entrance to them or chaos would result). Please tell me what I'm doing wrong, and how to get through faster by "using them correctly". John David Galt
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