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From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: n.y. directional signals
Message-ID: <898@cae780.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-May-85 14:32:58 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 18 14:32:58 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 20-May-85 04:24:14 EDT
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Reply-To: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
Organization: CAE Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <405@enmasse.UUCP> mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy) writes:
>well, after many years of driving in new york city, I can inform the
>net authoritatively that directional signals in the city are used
>not to signal that your vehicle is turning, no, they are used
>to signal other cars to speed up and close ranks in order to keep
>your vehicle in its current lane.

That is different from Philadelphia, where I grew up.  There, the signal was
for the other drivers, but the message was "Cover your a**, I'm about to
move into your lane whetehr you like it or not".  Once you got used to both
giving and receiving that message, it seemed to work quite well :-)

FROM:   Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems
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