Re: [Mpls] Red Green on Hiawatha Ave.

2004-10-12 Thread Dyna Sluyter
On Monday, October 11, 2004, at 10:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What people should do by law and what they are inclined to do when so told by a green light is not going to change anything. People are trained to react to traffic lights - and green means go. The lights need to reflect human

Re: [Mpls] Red Green on Hiawatha Ave.

2004-10-12 Thread Steve Nelson
And all this time I thought Red Green was on PBS! Steven M Nelson Willard Hay http://citizenshipchronicles.blogspot.com/ Get UP! Get OUT! GET INVOLVED!!! Someone on this list wanted to know a particular time (hour, day, minute I assumed) when the east west traffic lights are green and the bells

Re: [Mpls] Red Green on Hiawatha Ave.

2004-10-12 Thread Elizabeth Greenbaum
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems the problem is more no-brain driving rather than designing to prevent such drivers from receiving their Darwin award. Liz: Don't get me wrong - I have no intention of being on the Darwin list for thinning out the gene pool. I just continue to unnervingly

Re: [Mpls] Red Green on Hiawatha Ave.

2004-10-12 Thread Dyna Sluyter
On Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at 11:39 AM, Elizabeth Greenbaum wrote: . It all happens surprisingly quickly. That's the scary part about this whole thing. It just seems like an accident waiting to happen. Perhaps for the driver of an SUV yakking on a cell phone it is... But a good driver

[Mpls] Red Green on Hiawatha Ave.

2004-10-11 Thread Dean Lindberg
Someone on this list wanted to know a particular time (hour, day, minute I assumed) when the east west traffic lights are green and the bells and traffic bars are coming down. I just happened to have my pen and presence of mind to write down the time when I saw that happen again (I see it

RE: [Mpls] Red Green on Hiawatha Ave.

2004-10-11 Thread ergreenbaum
Dean Lindberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone on this list wanted to know a particular time (hour, day, minute I assumed) when the east west traffic lights are green and the bells and traffic bars are coming down. I just happened to have my pen and presence of mind to write down the time when I

RE: [Mpls] Red Green on Hiawatha Ave.

2004-10-11 Thread Doug Walter
Dean, while I agree it is disconcerting to have a green traffic light while the red crossing lights are flashing, there is a really good reason for it. The often overlooked Rule #1: It is State law that you must stop for flashing RR crossing lights. It doesn't matter what the traffic lights are

RE: [Mpls] Red Green on Hiawatha Ave.

2004-10-11 Thread ergreenbaum
Yes, but why can't the lights be timed to turn red first!?! That way everyone is already stopped and out of the way when the RR crossing lights flash and the posts go down. I see this as the inherent problem... What people should do by law and what they are inclined to do when so told by a