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From: bentson@csu-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Blinking Green Traffic Light - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 28-Aug-83 09:02:44 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 28 09:02:44 1983
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I'd be a bit cautious about condemning variable traffic conventions ouut
of hand. If all states were required to have the same rules there'd be
no opportunity for experiments. Who would have supported a nation-wide
change to right-turn-on-red without one state showing that it works?

I'll admit that the differences can cause problems for visitors, but I
don't want to be constrained to a nation-wide set of rules. In your
case of the "rolling stop" for right-turn-on-red: the nation may now
recognize that this is a good idea (or California may recognize it
as a bad one).

We're in the middle of a real "Social Experiment".

Randy Bentson
csu-cs!bentson
Colo State U - Comp Sci