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[Active8]

It's great to be in this friggin' state after a few threads on
traffic light controllers. I like the comment about how detectors
check that the lights are working and if there's a fault, the
controller flashes the lights. Sounds great!

So I get off the interstate today and found a burnt out red light. I
checked both ways and pulled out onto a four lane road. A glance
over my shoulder confirmed my suspicion that the light was green
(not flashing yellow) for the road I turned onto.
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Best Regards,
Mike

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:17:22 -0500, Active8 <reply2group@ndbbm.net>
wrote:

It's great to be in this friggin' state...
[snip]

What friggin' state might that be?

...Jim Thompson
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[Winfield Hill]

Active8 wrote...

So I get off the interstate today and found a burnt out red light.
I checked both ways and pulled out onto a four lane road. A glance
over my shoulder confirmed my suspicion that the light was green
(not flashing yellow) for the road I turned onto.

In Massachusetts we consider flashing yellow to be the equivalent
of green. Consistent with the view that a yellow light means to
speed up and squeeze through the intersection. If it changes to
red while still in the intersection, it's OK, it was "orange."


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[Tim Wescott]

Winfield Hill wrote:

Active8 wrote...

So I get off the interstate today and found a burnt out red light.
I checked both ways and pulled out onto a four lane road. A glance
over my shoulder confirmed my suspicion that the light was green
(not flashing yellow) for the road I turned onto.


In Massachusetts we consider flashing yellow to be the equivalent
of green. Consistent with the view that a yellow light means to
speed up and squeeze through the intersection. If it changes to
red while still in the intersection, it's OK, it was "orange."


Here in Oregon we keep an eye on the cross-traffic yellows; they're

staging lights so you can get off the line faster when your light turns
green.

Boy were my first few weeks in Massachusetts interesting!

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[Grog]

"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
news:3a4qq0lq46lko4g7riimjqoam5aq239u3f@4ax.com...

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:17:22 -0500, Active8 <reply2group@ndbbm.net
wrote:

It's great to be in this friggin' state...
[snip]

What friggin' state might that be?

Washington state at a guess..

 

[Ian]

"Winfield Hill" <hill_a@t_rowland-dotties-harvard-dot.s-edu> wrote in
message news:cojd9v02mf3@drn.newsguy.com...

Active8 wrote...

So I get off the interstate today and found a burnt out red light.
I checked both ways and pulled out onto a four lane road. A glance
over my shoulder confirmed my suspicion that the light was green
(not flashing yellow) for the road I turned onto.

In Massachusetts we consider flashing yellow to be the equivalent
of green. Consistent with the view that a yellow light means to
speed up and squeeze through the intersection. If it changes to
red while still in the intersection, it's OK, it was "orange."


A comment from a driver here in Edinburgh some years ago:

"Well, it was only a little bit red."
We now have lots of cameras.

Regards
Ian

 

[Nicholas O. Lindan]

"Ian" <Ian_Buckner_not_@agilent.com> wrote

We now have lots of cameras.

You need lots of paint guns.

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[Active8]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:34:03 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:17:22 -0500, Active8 <reply2group@ndbbm.net
wrote:

It's great to be in this friggin' state...
[snip]

What friggin' state might that be?

pa - the state of ignorance.

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Best Regards,
Mike

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

Mark Jones wrote:

[snip]

Ever wonder if all these cars aren't simply electrons, flowing
through wires we call roads... and they're speeding up as the voltage
is raised and colliding into each other as the current is increased?

So the ones that run the red are analagous to an inductive kick, where a
few more electrons have to jump the gap after the switch has opened?

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