[geeks] Stuff fo' sale

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>Date: 2006/08/17 Thu AM 10:00:02 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Stuff fo' sale

>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.
>
>Don't worry, it's being done for safety reasons.

One of the frequently missed questions on Driver's Tests is that in NJ a yield sign with a thick (3+ inches) red border means STOP, then proceed. (This question caught a lot of the folks in my Driver's Ed calss in the early 80's, probably different now...