Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Dave C.
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:00

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Yeah, I did that once myself . . . sat for four minutes (timed it!), and
then blew right through the intersection on red.  But I didn't get caught.  If I
had been ticketed, I would have disputed it.  I don't know what my chances would
have been, but I'll be damned if I was going to sit all night at a broken light
when I was the only car on any road at the time.  -Dave

"Thomas Wilk" <sponge1000> wrote:

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>I can recall one time that the device failed to sense my car (an
>Escort at the time) and I waited 4 minutes to enter a main road that
>had light traffic. Finally, I ran the light, since no cars were
>approaching.  Guess who got a ticket?
>
>Bring back the simple, timed traffic light system.
>
>Tom

On hotmail dot com, I am user "mandrake6".

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