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How do you feel about New Jersey's (in)famous jug handles? I learned to drive there and actually liked them, but I can understand how they can be confusing. Funny how there's a handful of us from the greater Sacramento area bitching about our roads. 99/50/5 interchange. 
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Why do certain places have those god awful traffic lights that are impossible to tell which color they are until you're right under them? I get it, "ha ha! Those pesky drivers will have to slow down to see if they're ok to pass through the intersection!" but really, I imagine it would just create more traffic.
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Jul 29, 2009 09:36
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I am pretty certain that's a cloverleaf. He mentioned all sorts of kinds on page two I think.
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Jul 30, 2009 04:37
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nm posted:Meet the most dangerious interchange in Sacramento I mentioned the hate for this interchange a little while back. I am 99% certain that when 5/50/99/80 were linked, they didn't decide to intentionally make it a nightmare. The fact that it is built OVER part of downtown definitely requires it to be squished into whatever possible configuration. Sacramento just has some horrific highways. The EB Cap City and 80 merge right by Madison is a good example.
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Jul 30, 2009 07:06
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Basilson posted:Also, I was in Bangkok, Thailand a little while ago and came across what I thought to be an awesome feature of their stoplights which I've never seen before or since. Mounted next to the actual stoplight is a countdown timer which will count down the seconds of each phase of the light. I thought this was great as it means you'll always know how long you have to wait at the intersection before the light goes green. How come I've never seen these anywhere else? Is it actually a stupid idea for reasons I'm not aware of? I can't really see any downsides. Am I stupid? Even though I'm not a traffic engineer, I think I could see a few problems with this. Say the light is saying there are 3 seconds left on a green or yellow light. This would cause a more reckless driver to gun it and try to make it through the intersection. This could also cause some people to preemptively start moving before a red light fully ended. I'm not sure about NZ, but in the US, the time a light stays green is not always set in stone either.
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Jul 31, 2009 07:02
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