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Old 02-03-2011, 22:56   #5
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Re: Traffic-light plague sweeps UK: Safety culture strangles Blighty

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Originally Posted by Hom3r View Post
We should adopt a system I saw in the US (Florida).

At red traffic lights you can turn right (obviously it would be left for us) providing it was safe to do so, we did this several times.
And watch the number of pedestrians killed crossing the road at traffic light junctions soar.

I've experienced traffic lights Florida style and I think it's a nightmare. Especially as it's a state law, not a federal one, so out-of-state drivers and pedestrians frequently fall foil of it.
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