[geeks] Stuff fo' sale

[Michael Parson]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 01:22:43PM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> 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...

And why not just put up a Stop sign?

Govenment. 

Nevermind.

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Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org