Nuxx:0a31c120-1d40-4c24-ae9b-bed4f925914e@f16g2000vbf.googlegroups.com

Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!f16g2000vbf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <0a31c120-1d40-4c24-ae9b-bed4f925914e@f16g2000vbf.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: An idea Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 00:34:11 -0700 (PDT) References:  Lines: 18 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.156.251.27 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1243323252 3433 127.0.0.1 (26 May 2009 07:34:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 07:34:12 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: f16g2000vbf.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.156.251.27; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2120 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:704195

On May 25, 9:27=A0pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote: > I was passing a red traffic light just a few minutes ago when a car > went past at some speed. =A0No danger accrued to anyone, it was a road > works light and there was nobody else in sight. > > That prompted an idea. =A0How about if, outside peak hours, traffic > lights reverted to either all off or a flashing amber state in which > condition the junction reverts to being treated like a conventional > junction with no explicit priority. =A0Having sat at lights on a bypass > at 2am with not another car in sight I'd say this has a certain > utility.

I'm speechless! A sensible idea which would actually make things easier for motorists! So, either this is that pesky workmate of Crapman's again, or he's had a bump on the head. Or maybe he's on something. Whatever the reason, I'm sure he'll be back to his fuckwitted car-hating ways very soon.