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From: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Smart Traffic Lights?
Message-ID: <526@wjvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 18:41:13 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 25 18:41:13 1985
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Organization: Watkins Johnson, San Jose, Calif.
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In article <658@ihu1g.UUCP> rls@ihu1g.UUCP (r.l. schieve) writes:
>...It is bothersome but liveable
>to miss an ocassional turn arrow but there is one light on the way
>home and a few others I have passed through that rely on the sensors
>to simply give you a green light.  If cars are around they change
>the light for you if not I have waited as long as 5 minutes at a
>completely empty intersection and given up and went through the red
>light.
>Have other riders noticed this or are all the stupid lights just on
>the roads I ride?  Any ideas on who to complain to or what can be
>done?
>				Rick Schieve
*****

Wow!  I thought I was the only one that was irritated by this.
Yes, friends, it is impossible to cross some intersections without
a car along to trip the lights.  If you happen to get an intersection
with a 'no right turn on red' and it's late at night, you are trapped.
Blow the light and that cop in the parking lot over there makes the
city an easy $40.  I have this fantasy of getting out of the ticket
by claiming the light was busted.  (If I'm sitting at the intersection
for an unreasonable amount of time and the light doesn't change, it's
broke by definition, right?)  But I have a feeling this won't wash with
the judge.  Anyone have practical experiance with this type of situation?

What do *I* do in this type of situation?  Why, I stay there until
the morning traffic releases me, of course.  Don't want to break the law.
(:-)

(Actually, I usually get off and press the 'walk' button.  But it's
a pain and can be a traffic hazard.)
-- 
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	Ron Christian  (Watkins-Johnson Co.  San Jose, Calif.)
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