Reid,
Now, I like you. But- this is a horrible idea! If we're to thin the herd,
let's not take it out on the cars-what we need is less scientific
intervention and more natural disasters! <g> Or just let Dennis Miller take
care of the problem! Personally, I think that I.Q. and those type of
idiot/personality tests that they give you as part of the job interveiw
process, should be required before you get in the driver's quiz line--Some
of those questions are ludicrous-I mean "What percentage of blood
alchol..?"- really! I don't drink so I always miss those and the people who
do drink (and drive) don't really care...
But, if we weed them out on an ittellectual and personality disorder
basis-think of the lives we'd save and without destroying our LBCs and
putting people in the hospital or wheel chairs!
Ahhhh...it would be good to be Queen!
Queen er...I mean "Laura G. and (Prince) Nigel"
----- 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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