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- From: pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Philip Wang)
- Subject: Re: Misc Traffic Rules
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.013132.23956@news.columbia.edu>
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- Reply-To: pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Philip Wang)
- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <1993Jan26.220823.103180@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:31:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.220823.103180@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> sme3@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (SCOTT MATTHEW ESTRIN) writes:
- >>> Montreal has to be the only city I know of in the world that puts signs
- >>>on most traffic signal standards instructing drivers: "Attendez le feu vert."
- >>>ie, 'wait for the green light.' Only in Montreal!
- >
- >No, actually in Staten Island (New York) I've seen signs that say "Wait for
- >green". I assume that's equivalent to New Jersey's "No Turn On Red", whereas
- >by law a right-on-red is permitted.
- >
- When I was younger I used to think "No turn on red" meant the signal wasn't
- supposed to turn red, but that there was a malfunction on a lot of them
- because they did keep turning red.
-
- wei hao
- Philip Wei Hao Wang E-mail at pw15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
- "I have loved, I have lost, I have killed those who have loved me so. I have
- learned, but at what cost, Lord, I don't know... I'm living on borrowed time"
- - Diamond Head, "Living On Borrowed Time"
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