I'm on a roll with the Things I Hate lately. I'm not sure why I'm so hateful, but today I almost had a heart attack from getting so worked up about the traffic light coordination in Philadelphia. I really hate to drive in the city. I prefer my bike, and jetting in and out of traffic dangerously, making both pedestrians and drivers angry. But that's another story.
I really really hate the traffic light lack of coordination here. One light turns green, only to have the next light turn red just as you get there...1 BLOCK AWAY. I swear, MR and I hit EVERY SINGLE LIGHT from Christian St to Arch St. Every single one.
Now I have two hypotheses: (1) the engineers hired to coordinate traffic flow in this city are immensely stupid (highly plausible); (2) the engineers hired to coordinate traffic flow in this city are immensely evil and being paid on the side by oil and gas companies, and car replacement parts companies, to make driving in the city burn up lots of gas and wreak havoc on your car (higly plausible).
I have one question - isn't the point of traffic lights to help regulate the flow of traffic in a different way than a stop sign? But if you have to stop at every single block, why not just put up stop signs and save the electricity? (That turned into 2 questions, sorry.)
I really really hate the traffic light lack of coordination here. One light turns green, only to have the next light turn red just as you get there...1 BLOCK AWAY. I swear, MR and I hit EVERY SINGLE LIGHT from Christian St to Arch St. Every single one.
Now I have two hypotheses: (1) the engineers hired to coordinate traffic flow in this city are immensely stupid (highly plausible); (2) the engineers hired to coordinate traffic flow in this city are immensely evil and being paid on the side by oil and gas companies, and car replacement parts companies, to make driving in the city burn up lots of gas and wreak havoc on your car (higly plausible).
I have one question - isn't the point of traffic lights to help regulate the flow of traffic in a different way than a stop sign? But if you have to stop at every single block, why not just put up stop signs and save the electricity? (That turned into 2 questions, sorry.)
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I bet the engineers that did it were from Pennoni.
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