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- From: jeffh@nonsuch.EBay.Sun.COM (Jeff Huntington)
- Newsgroups: rec.boats
- Subject: Re: Traffic Lights, was Radio Checks, Coas
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 17:08:04 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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- References: <1992Dec23.161937.13597@dbsun.uucp>
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- In article 13597@dbsun.uucp, meyer@dbsun.uucp (Don Meyer) writes:
- > In article <moseley.139.725047045@u.washington.edu> moseley@u.washington.edu (Steve L. Moseley) writes:
- > >Well, I hope I,m not the pedestrian you didn't see crossing in front of your
- > >car when you decide to blow the next red light.
- >
- > I was assuming that the original poster (who said he doesn't see any
- > point in sitting at a red light late at night with no traffic) meant
- > that he treated it as a "stop sign". I.E., come to a complete halt,
- > look both (all) ways, and then proceed through the red.
- > This would encompass pedestrian traffic.
-
-
- Thank you Don.
-
- As you correctly perceived, I am not advocating a reckless disregard for rules
- or laws. What I was talking about is engaging ones brain and thinking if
- what you are doing makes sense; if it is complying with the purpose or intent
- of the rule or law. This stemmed from a discussion of radio checks on
- channel 16. I understand the rules for using channel 16 as a calling and
- emergency channel are intended to reduce the traffic on channel 16 to a
- minimum. Therefore, if you can give someone a radio check on channel 16 and
- use an equal or less amount of time as you would use in going to another
- channel, it is a reasonable thing to do. Why use the same amount of time
- on channel 16, and then go to another channel and tie it up as well? I
- find in my area that it is relatively easy to get access to channel 16 to
- call someone. It is finding another channel that is free that is frequently
- difficult.
-
- Jeff Huntington
-