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Invisible wrote:
> I'm not kidding. That's really what option C actually said.
I dunno. I was in a driver's ed class in high school, and one of the
questions what "which color is on top on a traffic light." Something like
80% of the class got that wrong. HELLO?!?
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
I get "focus follows gaze"?
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:43:43 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> I'm not kidding. That's really what option C actually said.
>
> I dunno. I was in a driver's ed class in high school, and one of the
> questions what "which color is on top on a traffic light." Something
> like 80% of the class got that wrong. HELLO?!?
Depending on where you are (and I know you're in CA), though, "red" might
be the wrong answer. I've been places where green was on top (though I
can't remember where), and I've been to places where the lights are
arranged horizontally (IIRC, Detroit is like that).
Jim
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:28:58 +0000, Invisible wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron
Yes, a very pretty car, but very expensive to drive. I loved seeing it
on Top Gear a couple series ago.
Jim
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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
news:4b688910@news.povray.org...
> Depending on where you are (and I know you're in CA),
though, "red" might
> be the wrong answer. I've been places where green was on
top (though I
> can't remember where), and I've been to places where the
lights are
> arranged horizontally (IIRC, Detroit is like that).--Jim
There's a picture of a traffic light in Dallas, Texas where
they are horizontal (you have to scroll down):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_variations_in_traffic_light_signalling_and_operation
There a quite a few unusual configurations on that web
page...
~db
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:38:55 -0800, DungBeatle wrote:
> It was the fastest production car in the world, now this is the fastest:
>
> http://www.shelbysupercars.com/car-specs.php
Wow - though I wonder about that "1/4 Mile" world record - I would think
that any car capable of sustaining 144 MPH would do 1/4 mile in the same
amount of time - and wouldn't that be 6.25 seconds, not 9.90 seconds?
Jim
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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
news:4b688b33$1@news.povray.org...
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:38:55 -0800, DungBeatle wrote:
>
> > It was the fastest production car in the world, now this
is the fastest:
> >
> > http://www.shelbysupercars.com/car-specs.php
>
> Wow - though I wonder about that "1/4 Mile" world record -
I would think
> that any car capable of sustaining 144 MPH would do 1/4
mile in the same
> amount of time - and wouldn't that be 6.25 seconds, not
9.90 seconds?--Jim
1/4 mile from a standing start isn't going to be low times
for a car designed to go 250 MPH, it's going to be
high-geared... For example, a McClaren F1 ($800k) does the
1/4 in about 11 seconds...
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Depending on where you are (and I know you're in CA), though, "red" might
> be the wrong answer. I've been places where green was on top (though I
> can't remember where), and I've been to places where the lights are
> arranged horizontally (IIRC, Detroit is like that).
Everywhere in the USA, red is on the top or the left. I'm pretty sure the
introductory class on how to drive that they teach when you're about to turn
old enough to get a driver license isn't addressing that in a country on the
other side of the world, lights are arranged differently. :-)
No, it was just that 80% of the class never looked out the window while
being driven around, I guess.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
I get "focus follows gaze"?
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DungBeatle wrote:
> There's a picture of a traffic light in Dallas, Texas where
> they are horizontal (you have to scroll down):
I was simplifying. Of course we have horizontal lights, vertical lights,
lights with only one light, etc. But if the light's vertical, red is on the
top here, and if it's horizontal, red is on the left, assuming it has a red.
This really wasn't a trick question. There's really only one way to read
"what color is the light on top"?
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
I get "focus follows gaze"?
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
news:4b68a304$1@news.povray.org...
> DungBeatle wrote:
> > There's a picture of a traffic light in Dallas, Texas
where
> > they are horizontal (you have to scroll down):
>
> I was simplifying. Of course we have horizontal lights,
vertical lights,
> lights with only one light, etc. But if the light's
vertical, red is on the
> top here, and if it's horizontal, red is on the left,
assuming it has a red.
>
> This really wasn't a trick question. There's really only
one way to read
> "what color is the light on top"?
The U.S. has taken steps to deal with this problem:
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/
On December 16, 2009 a final rule adopting the 2009 Edition
of the MUTCD was published in the Federal Register. States
must adopt the 2009 National MUTCD as their legal State
standard for traffic control devices within two years.
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On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:09:55 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Everywhere in the USA, red is on the top or the left. I'm pretty sure
> the introductory class on how to drive that they teach when you're about
> to turn old enough to get a driver license isn't addressing that in a
> country on the other side of the world, lights are arranged differently.
> :-)
>
> No, it was just that 80% of the class never looked out the window while
> being driven around, I guess.
Well, yeah - I just was observing that the answer to the question could
be a trick - not that it was likely. :-)
Over here, people would say you were nuts if you said that red+yellow
could be lit at the same time, or yellow+green could be, but that is the
way the lights in the UK are. :-)
Jim
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