[geeks] Stuff fo' sale

[Michael Parson]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 11:00:02AM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Wed, 16 Aug 2006 @ 20:54 -0400, Phil Stracchino said:
>
>> There was a guy did that in front of me once in Spokane.  Actually
>> opened his door, stood up, and peered back down the freeway to study the
>> oncoming traffic.  Looked to be about 80.
>
> What scares the hell out of me now is that the traffic authorities in VA
> are actually considering putting traffic signals ON THE RAMP.
>
> Yes Virginia, they are thinking about STOPPING people trying to
> accelerate and merge.

We've got those in Texas.  At least out in Houston, we don't have any
here in Austin.  They only seem to turn them on during rush-hour(s),
some sort of flow-control I guess.

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Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org