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- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!ntmtv!adrian
- From: adrian@ntmtv.UUCP (Adrian Brandt)
- Subject: Re: Pushbuttons at crossings (was Signal Synchronization)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.180727.24379@ntmtv>
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- Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
- References: <1jiv8n$gk6@agate.berkeley.edu> <28514@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1993Jan21.012550.20393@adobe.com> <C16tzF.HDz@queernet.org>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:07:27 GMT
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- In article <C16tzF.HDz@queernet.org>, rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese) writes:
- |> When most bicyclists actually start *stopping* at red lights and
- |> stop signs -- a full, no-motion stop -- then we can worry about how
- |> to make [triggering traffic light sensors] more convenient for them.
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- Why? I see no linkage between the issues. It sounds like you've got
- a chip on your shoulders on this issue. This attitude is like opposing
- crosswalk buttons, striping, and WALK/DON'T WALK signal lights because
- there is a lot of jay-walking going on.
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- Besides, I don't often see cars make a "full, no-motion stop" at stop
- signs either. I also don't often see cars that obey the 55mph speed
- limit either. I guess we shouldn't worry about improving any road or
- highway facilities until they do...
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