4-way stops are really helpful in keeping people from barreling at high speed through residential neighborhoods. They prevent accidents. We fought really hard to get them in our neighborhood.
Joy
**************************************************************** Joy Hecht now living in a real house in northern Virginia and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years lugging Joy and her stuff around... For musings about life and the vanadventures: http://www.joyhecht.net **************************************************************** :::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf :::Of Florian Speier :::Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:54 PM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Re: teenagers and vanagons ::: :::On 10/11/06, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: :::> :::> I like driving a stick better anyway - it's fun (except in :::> traffic jams). :::> :::> :::> :::well, the other thing I kind of claim sometimes, hope I dont ofend :::someone :::with it, aehh... but really, only a country with mainly automatic drivers :::could possibly come up with the system of 4-way stops? (and in general a :::million stop signs everywhere) :::just an observation by a new immigrant....love it here..... :::flo |
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