Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!UHUNIX.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU!baumgard From: baumgard@UHUNIX.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU (Jon Baumgardner) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Techno Terror Message-ID: Date: 3 May 91 20:39:49 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 16 I like to drive too. I don't like to stop and go at a mximum of 15 MPH for 1/2 hour in the morning. I always get bored and eat breakfast, read, listen to the radio, or stare at the blond bombshell three lanes over. If I vould get on the highway, and get to work in under 30 minutes (its only 8 miles!) without having to shift gears 200 times it would be great! There are accidents almost every day because someone thinks another lane will be faster and they edge and squease (sp) their way into the next lane while the person being edged in on gets irate and tail gates them. Even at a constant 16 MPH it would be less stressful and I could stay in one gear. We already have a computer system that counts cars on major (non highway) cross walk lights, a controlled highway seems like the next step. We already have a 12 minute traffic report from a helicopter cop also. Maybe LED road signs describing the next major accident or estimated time of arrival to the next off ramp would help people calm down. arteries and controls the stop lights and even w