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Article #289Re: Putrefaction-Brain Traffic Patterns (Somerville Ave.)
From: Dan Weinreb
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 03:49
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 03:49
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In article <l8d9mtINNao5@news.bbn.com> rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) writes: And my nomination for the "are people really this stupid?" traffic sign award: DANGER DO NOT STOP ON TRACKS on Park Street where it crosses the railroad. Actually, there's a grade crossing on Broadway in Cambridge, near Draper Labs, that is on the path upon which I used to commute. There is a traffic signal, and just about two car-lengths behind it are the tracks. It always surprised me how many people did stop on the tracks, when there were more than two cars behind the lights (nearly always). Perhaps it was because they "knew", as I "knew", that trains don't run on those tracks during the morning commute hours. But you only have to be wrong once. On the other hand, I'll concede that such a sign probably would not have changed anything.
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Newsgroups: ne.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!odi!dlw From: dlw@odi.com (Dan Weinreb) Subject: Re: Putrefaction-Brain Traffic Patterns (Somerville Ave.) In-Reply-To: rnewman@bbn.com's message of 10 Aug 1992 17:26:53 GMT Message-ID: <1992Aug11.034901.2534@odi.com> Reply-To: dlw@odi.com Organization: Object Design, Inc. References: <1992Aug9.180705.12996@osf.org> <164jesINN9n8@early-bird.think.com> <l8d9mtINNao5@news.bbn.com> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 92 03:49:01 GMT Lines: 19