From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 20-Jun-14 14:10, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>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?   
      
   >The through lanes _were_ designed for higher speeds, so why should the   
   >traffic in the through lanes be penalized just because the ramps were   
   >not designed for the same speeds?   
      
   Death and collisions are bad? So there's a safe way to enter the lane?   
      
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