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|    Stephen Sprunk to Adam H. Kerman    |
|    Re: Transportation trust fund broke, adv    |
|    20 Jun 14 11:04:44    |
      From: stephen@sprunk.org              On 20-Jun-14 10:32, Adam H. Kerman wrote:       > hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:       >> Two 1950s-era Phila area expwys were originally built with very       >> short entrance ramps. One still has them, but its traffic volume       >> is light, so entering isn't difficult. The other expy carried much       >> higher traffic volumes and had a high fatality rate. That road was       >> finally rebuilt with much better ramps.       >       > This is off-the-wall stupid. Why not greatly reduce the speed limit?       > Then, short entrance ramps aren't a problem at all.              That would penalize the through traffic _not_ using each ramp, which is       probably the vast majority in most cases.              S              --       Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein       CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the       K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking              --- SoupGate/W32 v1.03        * Origin: LiveWire BBS -=*=- UseNet FTN Gateway (1:2320/1)    |
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