28 Jun 08 11:06, Roger Nelson wrote to Cindy Haglund:


 CH>> Especially it if's not more than a gallon's worth of gas away :)
 CH>> ((Some folks live out in the country an have them big big things
 CH>> that do about 20 mpg? or less.

 RN> I think you meant 20 gallons per mile.  (-:  I've noticed that the
 RN> motorists (for lack of a more descriptive name which I don't allow
 RN> here) here are still in a big hurry to get to the next signal light,
 RN> which almost ALWAYS is red. The city government could and should do a
 RN> study of traffic flow and adjust the signal lights accordingly.  At
 RN> some intersections, three vehicles are allowed to go before the light
 RN> turns yellow.  These are mostly intersections where the light
 RN> controls traffic turning left, going straight -- one way or the
 RN> other.  No matter which direction you're going, you're going to waste
 RN> a lot of gas waiting.

City government realizes that people speed along the road and so they set
those lights to be red more often than not. It's their way of controlling
traffic flow without having a policeman there to encourage you to slow
down. It helps to save on payroll.

                R\%/itt



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