Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Martin Harvey
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:00

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John_David_Galt@acm.org wrote:
> 
> 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).

An additional thought: the number of lanes on a rotary is obviously a
measure of the average drivers competence at using them. Close to where
I live there's a three lane rotary, which most of us use with no
problems at all. I beleive there's a 5 or 6 lane one with lights (!?)
around it ... do the words "Hangar lane roundabout in Hammersmith"
strike a chord for any UK readers.

MH.

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From: Martin Harvey <martin@pergolesi.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/09/30
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