From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Larry Sheldon  wrote:   
   >On 6/7/2014 11:54 PM, Benjamin.Kubelsky wrote:   
      
   >>I could be wrong, but it seems that roads of newer design are safer in   
   >>service and per vehicle and vehicle mile than something like the Arroyo   
   >>Seco Parkway, formerly known as the Pasadena Freeway, previously known   
   >>at the Arroyo Seco Parkway.   
      
   >I was there, but didn't have the forethought to take notes....The   
   >original Arroyo Seco Parkway was a frightening thing from the backseat   
   >of a 1939 Plymouth Business Coupe*.   
      
   >The speed limit was, I think, 45 MPH.  The "off ramps" were tight button   
   >hook turns up to a sign.  The "on ramps" were tight button hook turns   
   >down to a STOP sign at the edge of the Big Road--you "merged" from a   
   >standing start. . . .   
      
   Tight ramps aren't a problem in any way; just slow the fuck down.   
   Lack of merging lanes is a bad idea. Nothing wrong with 45 mph and   
   narrow lanes, but I'm sure idiots tried to drive faster.   
      
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