[ale] [OT] Cars and licensing... (Was: Re: Well, this does nothing for the reputation of Linux)

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Mon Jul 22 18:41:00 EDT 2013


On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Sparr <sparr0 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> PS: Another excellent spin-off of this situation... where I live (Boston)
> there are some intersections where *oncoming* traffic has a red light while
> I have a green light (not a green arrow) and I want to turn left. Stopping
> before I turn left is a bad decision; it gets me rear ended and/or cited
> and/or slows down traffic. NOT stopping is dangerous because MAYBE the
> oncoming traffic's light just changed from red to green, or maybe it was
> green the whole time and they just weren't paying attention.
>
>
That would be solved by turnabouts. All lanes always go to the right and
exit to the right.

I still like the idea of a far more automated transport system.

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