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Not many people know about those sensors. In fact, not many places have them. They are expensive.
Good reason to require drivers tests on license renewal. It only take a few people to snarl traffic for blocks.
Side note, one of the suburban roads I used to commute on was repaved and workers repainted the line about 6 ft back from the sensor. Traffic gridlocked for over a mile as cars sat cycle after cycle waiting to make a left. For some reason it took several weeks to fix.
HEY, MOVE UP AND STAGE MAN !! LOL-Opps, it's not the dragstrip. So what get up there and practice! lol Yeah, stopping a car length behind the line won't win a Christmas card from me!
Another poster who doesn't comprehend what I'm saying. Sure if you want to sit around for 5 minutes while G-Pa in his 94 Chevy is clueless when there is a sign stating where to stop (because there is a sensor) then I guess I'm just wasting my time. Or I'm wasting my time responding to folks like you.
I think everybody understands what you're saying. However, there are signs saying where to stop at nearly every light in America while sensors are rare. If you can get stuck that easily, the problem isn't poor driving but shoddy sensor design.
I think everybody understands what you're saying. However, there are signs saying where to stop at nearly every light in America while sensors are rare. If you can get stuck that easily, the problem isn't poor driving but shoddy sensor design.
there is? I cannot recall seeing a sign saying where to stop anywhere ever. I do not think I usually look for them, so maybe i just missed them. I will have to look around and see if I can see one.
I suspect there are many states that have none of those sensors. From what I can tell there are none in the area where I live most of the time. I am not sure there are any in our state. I will check with the DOT people when I see them again. I have encountered some in California, but not all that many. They are a good idea so you do not sit there for three minutes on a totally empty road at 3 a.m. while the light goes through its cycles. However I do not see them much.
I think in California, they are nearly pointless. Most of the time, the lights have constant traffic in all directions, so the sensors do nothing. Early in the morning, there may be no traffic, but then they would be installing the sensors for the benefit of 8 people. Not worth the cost.
Yea, now if there's a sensor involved..... different story.
I am generally with the "Let it go" crowd, but your last sentence makes me wonder: What if there is a sensor? So, it might make sense to pull up to the line, at least within a foot of the line, just in case there is a sensor.
Listen, that's not nearly as annoying as someone waiting to make a left turn at a green light, and they refuse to pull up into the middle of the intersection! They stay behind the line, thinking that's the protocol until the on-coming traffic is clear. We learned in Drivers' Ed (circa 1970) pull up into the intersection!
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