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Date:         Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:42:58 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Photo ticket at stop lights
Comments: To: olists <olists@THEBRANDS.ORG>
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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, olists wrote:

> I was pleasantly surprised to find traffic lights that worked in "reverse" > in Germany last October. How logical to let you know the light is about to > turn green by going from red to yellow to green. I guess this just makes too > much sense for the litigation happy U.S.A.?

Well, consider that in Germany a majority of cars still have manual transmissions. Maybe the yellow phase before the green is to give everyone a chance to put their foot on the clutch again and shift out of neutral. :)

_ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the |___/ pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."


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