[geeks] Stuff fo' sale

[velociraptor]

On 8/18/06, Dan Duncan <dand at pcisys.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > What scares the hell out of me now is that the traffic authorities in VA
> > are actually considering putting traffic signals ON THE RAMP.
>
> They have them in the Denver metro area now.  They only come on during
> rush hour when traffic is USUALLY not moving full speed on the interstate
> which is good because they aren't far enough back in the merge lane
> for most people to get up to full speed.  They do seem to have some sort
> of psychological effect on people because the green light is so amazingly
> short (a fraction of a second) that everyone seems to punch it and get
> up to a decent speed.  I've never seen a ramp turd beyond one of these
> lights.  (yet)  I was pretty amazed the first time I saw one, but it
> does actually seem to kick people in the ass and keep them from cluttering
> the onramps.

Ya'll definitely don't want to spend any time in Cali, these fricking
things are everywhere.

Hubby says they should start playing the old Disney "driving
instruction" cartoons before every movie instead of previews so that
folks get the notion of how to merge into their heads.

=Nadine=