That's way too techy. In Baltimore the Police use horses during the
rush hour (downtown). They make sure folks don't move into the
intersections unless they can get OUT of the intersection. And they'll
ticket you if you do make that mistake...and then they'll make you get
out of the intersection (maybe in a direction you don't want to go.)

Rush hour in Baltimore is surprisingly efficient . Good traffic
engineers have syncronized the lights so that when you start moving,
you don't stop until you are miles away from the downtown area. I
contrast that with Washington DC, which is the opposite pole of
efficiency. Different jurisdictions intention desynchronize the lights
so as to slow traffic down (and encourage folks to go some other route
as long as it isn't OUR area....)

On Oct 14, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Tom Salicos wrote:

> Hey, in Cannon Beach, Oregon, I saw a policeman on a bicycle stop a
> car for
> running a stop sign.  Don't always need a Crowne Vic to do the job.