More Traffic

Oct 16, 2006 00:41


There are two distinct differences in how the US traffic system treats traffic lights. The first is the Right Turn - to avoid having to build those little right-turn lanes that we have in Israel, the law states that you are simply allowed to turn right at any intersection even on a red light - unless specifically forbidden.

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iod October 16 2006, 08:41:29 UTC
Oh, I had such a difficult time getting used to that in Canada. I always forgot that I can take turns through a red light, and the Canadian drivers are too kind to honk their horns and remind me. And it took me so long to figure out what that blinking green light means - at first, I thought it's the same as the Israeli blinking green light, and couldn't understand what's the use of it blinking so many times before it goes, oh, wait, full green? What?

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Another way to go anonymous October 16 2006, 21:54:07 UTC
Me'tinks they have enough sports analogies to live without the trafic lights.

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