Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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Martin Harvey <martin@pergolesi.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Have any US people with UK driving experience got any comments on
>differences in traffic behaviour around these things?

I lived in Cambridge (UK) for about three months and got very used to them.
Unlike Boston (lived there, too) when people are forced to *learn* how to drive
instead of assuming it's a God-given right, they work very well.

Although the quintessential movie scene of an American using a rotary has to be
Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's European Vacation. "Look kids, it's Big Ben!"

By the way, BBC America has been running a series that shows British residents
having to take driving lessons. Part of each show is the actual road test with
examiner. They don't all pass....

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Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
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