[Magdalen] another train wreck

[Roger Stokes]

On 05/02/2015 13:21, Jim Guthrie wrote:
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> It should be noted that some have suggested that the traditional red 
> flashers be replaced with ordinary traffic lights. The highway 
> engineers reject that idea as way too dangerous, since so many 
> motorists ignore the lights (and gates) at crossings, and they fear 
> that using traffic lights would only result in motorists ignoring them 
> at highway intersections as well.

You mean they always observe regular traffic lights at the moment? Only 
this morning I saw somebody going across a light that must have been red 
for him as mine was turning green and there is an all-red period.

>
> They set a very low bar for the intelligence of motorists.

An accurate bar in many cases.

Roger