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...there's a new "Big Brother" camera at Southampton Road on the Roosevelt Blvd. in Philadelphia. I think there's also one at Welsh Road now.
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Replying to: lemko (Oct 15, 2007 11:57 am) Some activity in some forum that I follow that does NOT involve rolling downhill! 
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Replying to: ny540i6 (Oct 15, 2007 12:03 pm) 
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US receives nearly a failing grade for having traffic lights sequenced. To anyone who drives, this is no surprise. The report had some stat of a massive amount of time and fuel that could be conserved if traffic planners would dare to do a passable job. Your last statement provides the answer. Our "representatives" don't want us to SAVE fuel because the more we burn, the more tax money they get. They don't want us to SAVE time, either, because the worse traffic gets, the more likely voters will approve massive new road construction projects which entail more bribes -- OOPS! I mean "campaign contributions" -- for our "representatives." So the traffic planners in cities nationwide are doing their jobs perfectly, as prescribed by our "representatives" in government.
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Replying to: 1stpik (Oct 16, 2007 3:47 am) Years ago in a city nearby which was noted for its' corruption a group of motorists held a protest on the main drag. Seems they felt that the local merchants were bribing the traffic control people to sequence the traffic lights in reverse. That is to say, they were programing the traffic lights so you had to stop every block and wait on red in front of a particular store. Clever little marketing tool. No proof was ever found but I notice the traffic seems to flow better now.
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Oct 16, 2007 6:45 am) Around here the lights are always out of sync everywhere, and the sensors don't work correctly half the time. Now, in the early morning when I go to work and there is no cross traffic, if the light doesn't immediately show it is going to change...I just run it. To hell with these idiots.
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 16, 2007 7:41 am) 
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Replying to: euphonium (Oct 16, 2007 9:37 am) If the local government workers are unable to take accountability for the quality of their work, I am more than happy to simply move around their shoddy workmanship, even if it is "unorthodox". If crossing against red at 0530 when there are zero cars on the road is a sin, send me to hell! Laws are not just simply because they exist. A nation founded in revolution will die when it becomes the land of blind deference. And indeed, it is dying.
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Replying to: euphonium (Oct 16, 2007 9:37 am) lololol |
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 16, 2007 9:42 am) "A little revolution from time to time is a good thing"--Thomas Jefferson. You make an interesting point. Where traffic control is subverted by corrupt officials for the benefit of the few is it really wrong to disobey?
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