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   Message 629 of 3,261   
   Adam H. Kerman to Stephen Sprunk   
   Re: Transportation trust fund broke, adv   
   20 Jun 14 19:10:00   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   'Cuz the highway was never designed for those speeds, duh. What's the   
   matter with you?   
      
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