| Re: Signal timing foiled by inattentive drivers [message #797093] |
Wed, 05 March 2008 03:04 |
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On Mar 3, 7:01 pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:42:12 -0800 (PST), Ad absurdum per aspera
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> <jtc... [at] california.com> wrote:
> >My city has a number of designated major thoroughfares with lights
> >timed to the speed limit. Signs helpfully point out this fact. Some
> >significant preponderance of drivers swirl around me and zoom past,
> >achieving nothing but catching the red light. Talk about flunking an
> >open-book test....
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> Do the signs explain which directions are favored at which times?
Anybody who should have a license can discern that for themselves when
they hit it, though usually it's easiest and most commonly arranged
50/50. That being said, the smaller cities around here that adjust
their signal timing throughout the day have variable-number signs to
let you know what the signal timing is below the speed limit. This is
usually 5MPH below the posted speed limit, sometimes give or take as
much as 3MPH. I kind of miss my old truck...it idled in second gear
right at 15 MPH which made it a breeze in downtown, timed-signal
driving...
> Maybe they realize that not ALL directions can have this flowing
> window of green at the same time. Perhaps they know that the timing
> favors some other direction, and they're trying like mad not to get
> trapped?
In one-way grids, that's pretty rare. Usually the only thing signal-
related that will break your roll in any direction on a one-way grid
is a two-way thoroughfare, in which the lights are generally timed so
people on the two-way can get 5-10 blocks doing the speed limit per
green: The whole two-way changes in unison.
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Wed, 05 March 2008 04:45 |
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