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St. wrote:
> "scott" <sco### [at] scott com> wrote in message
> news:49199a4d$1@news.povray.org...
>>>> Doesn't amber mean "stop if it's safe to do so"?
>>> I thought it meant 'Go' if it's safe to do so?
>> That's what green means.
>
> Heh, well I know that. I was thinking of the flashing amber down to
> green, not the solid amber up to red.
>
>
flashing amber down to green????
never heard of it
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Tom Austin wrote:
> flashing amber down to green????
> never heard of it
In some countries, they put green+yellow means it's about to go red, and
red+yellow means it's about to go green. Sounds dangerous to me,
doubly-so if it really means you are allowed to go thru on red+yellow.
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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St. wrote:
>> Doesn't amber mean "stop if it's safe to do so"?
>
> I thought it meant 'Go' if it's safe to do so?
It may of course depend on which *country* you're in. (Isn't the
Internet wonderful?)
For example, in the UK, the light sequence is
Green
Amber
Red
Red + Amber
Green
etc.
But in France, the sequence appears to be
Green
Red
Amber
Green
As in, the lights are green, and they just suddenly go straight to red,
with no amber stage in the middle. But when turning back, they go
through amber first. Very odd... I'd imagine the driving rules are
differnet too.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Invisible wrote:
> In the interests of public service, I'd like to point out the following
> small details:
My favorite is when your light turns green
which means that the other traffic must have been red for 3-4 seconds
yet cars are still continuing to go through the intersection trying to
'beat' the red.
Another is when you are going to make a right turn and almost hit the
guy that's been driving on the shoulder for 1/4 mile to make his right turn.
Tom
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Tom Austin wrote:
> My favorite is when your light turns green
> which means that the other traffic must have been red for 3-4 seconds
> yet cars are still continuing to go through the intersection trying to
> 'beat' the red.
Yeah. Of course, the only thing they're likely to "beat" is the bodywork
of their precious sports car when it smashes into another vehicle.
> Another is when you are going to make a right turn and almost hit the
> guy that's been driving on the shoulder for 1/4 mile to make his right
> turn.
I don't know about other countries, but here that kind of thing is
illegal. (Not that this stops anybody...)
I don't know why, but people who drive expensive sports cars seem to
have the mentality that it's their road and everybody else is required
to get out of *their* way, and that the rules to not apply to them. As
if the world is put there for their own personal convinience or
something... grr!
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Warp wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
>> > you need to make an effort to not do this.
>
>> Split infinitive. "an effort not to do this".
>
> http://www.grammarphobia.com/grammar.html
But with "not" it does sound bad.
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These all are on my pet driving peeves list. Oh, and:
Incorrect contraction use in #5. ;-)
Jim
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:40:44 +0100, scott wrote:
> Doesn't amber mean "stop if it's safe to do so"? ie no need to do an
> emergency stop if there is someone behind you.
Red means "stop". Green means "go". Yellow means "go faster".
Jim
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:21:00 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>>> Invisible wrote:
>>> > you need to make an effort to not do this.
>>
>>> Split infinitive. "an effort not to do this".
>>
>> http://www.grammarphobia.com/grammar.html
>
> But with "not" it does sound bad.
Depends on your ear. ;-)
Jim
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4919e492$1@news.povray.org...
>>
> But in France, the sequence appears to be
>
> Green
> Red
>
> Amber
> Green
>
O_o
Did you ever come in France?
If yes, were you drunk or mind-boggled by driving on the right side of the
road (instead of the wrong one)?? :-)
The correct sequence is
Green
Amber
Red
Green
Marc
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