Red to green you say?. All of America is this way now. Unfortunately.
Peter S
----- Original Message -----
From: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 8:29 AM
Subject: RE: Yellow Lights
>
> Hmmm. Since the majority of American drivers really don't know the
purpose
> of the yellow light (proceed but with extreme caution, prepare to stop,
stop
> if you can do so safely, etc., and NOT hit the accelerator), wouldn't it
be
> interesting if they were eliminated? Just go from green to red or red to
> green. Survival of the fittest I say! It could eventually "thin out" our
> congested roads although it might cause some congestion in our cemeteries!
> Of course in this scenario the least capable of surviving would probably
be
> those of us in the smallest (most fragile?) cars. Just a thought.
>
> Reid
> '79 Spitfire - soon to be mounted with a rocket launcher for red (and some
> yellow) light runners!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter S. [mailto:alfapete@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 11:48 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Yellow Lights
>
>
> About 10 years ago my wife was nearing an intersection/traffic light and
the
> light turned yellow. There was a motorcycle cop in the lane next to her
and
> he thought she was going to run it, thus ending in a red. He gunned it,
but
> she was stopping. You guess it. He ran into the back of her. He flew
over
> the motorcycle hitting our car. When he got up he said "why'd you stop?".
> She smartly said "it was soon to be red of course!". The city paid all
> damages. The car needed new tail lights anyway :)
>
> Peter S
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com>
> To: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>;
> <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 10:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Yellow Lights
>
>
> >
> >
> > > In California (the last time I read the Vehicle Code), you have no
> > obligation
> > > to stop at a yellow light. You just can't go through it if it is red.
> > > But .0.001 millisecond before is OK.
> >
> > I believe that's true- yellow is like a warning to slow down for the
> > impending red. My gosh! If you stopped on a yellow around here, you'd be
> > dead!
> >
> > Laura G. and Nigel
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Doug
> > > '72 Spit
> > >
> > > When I have visited Israel, I have noticed that people do not run red
> > lights
> > > because if they do, they will get nailed by the guy whose light just
> > turned green,
> > > and who is accelerating as if it was the start of a drag race.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Gee, and here I thought I had coined the phrase "California Stop".
> Here
> > in
> > > > Oregon I use the term to refer to those drivers who accelerate upon
> > seeing a
> > > > yellow light, and REALLY FLOOR IT if the light is "orange" (turning
> from
> > > > yellow to red). This phenomenon seems to have been imported along
> with
> > the
> > > > influx of immigrants from that state directly "south of our border".
> :)
> > > >
> > > > The cops, at least here in Beaverton, have given notice that they
will
> > be
> > > > cracking down heavily on those who "run" yellow lights when they
> clearly
> > > > could have brought their car to a safe stop.
> >
>
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