>I suspect this would just encourage people to jump out on the green.
>It would be a boon to
>street racers, though.  Maybe we should just go all the way and use
>the countdown trees -- just
>like at the drag strip.  I'm sorry, but I see no advantage to
>knowing that the light is going
>to turn green in a few seconds.

I dislike the boy-wopnders too, but I disagree with the above. It
allows traffic to get moving quickly. Especially useful when lights
stay green only for a short time... allows more than one car to get
across on the green. I keep an eye on the reflection inside the
shades to see whan the opposing lights are changing, so that I'm
ready to get moving. I do NOT jump the green! I just don't like
holding up those behind me (and I HATE those who couldn't care less
about me when I'm behind, eventually remembering that they're in
neutral, then slowly putting it into first, then dawdling across
slowly and leaving me fuming at a red when there's no reason why I
should have missed the light).
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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