<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td valign='top' style='font: inherit;'>I totally agree with the concept that more laws do not help but enforcement does. I went to Philadelphia, PA a couple of years ago for a visit and was amazed at how the drivers there "jump" the red light (start early while light red) when waiting for a traffic light to go from red to green when going across the top of a "T" intersection. I'm being honked at because the light was red, was going to change and I was not in motion. Sheesh!! The local police have allowed the populace to get away with that bad driving habit. -- With respect to CA, whenever I'm crossing a street on bike either with a light or after coming to a stop then starting across, I always make sure the drivers on the cross street have stopped before I go into their lane. Nothing is perfect, I could be blindsided, but the effort is there. <BR><BR>---
On <B>Wed, 7/2/08, JonIsaacs@aol.com <I><JonIsaacs@aol.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: JonIsaacs@aol.com <JonIsaacs@aol.com><BR>Subject: Re: [SDCBC] Why you should look both ways.................<BR>To: SDCBC@bikesandiego.org<BR>Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 11:06 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv498378116><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 7/2/2008 10:54:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, markw@wolfenet.org writes:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">She broke the law by not stopping. The <BR>last thing we need are more laws. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>This is not another law, it is a refinement of an existing law. Personally I like the European method, illegal unless there is a sign stating otherwise. The advantage of this is that people develop the attitude that they must stop and wait rather than the attitude that they are free to make the right and so develop the habit of running such signs.<BR><BR>It is much better to have someone waiting when they could go rather than going when they should be waiting. North Torrey Pines south bound at La Jolla Shores has a "No Right Turn on Red" sign but many people miss it.<BR><BR>The missing factor traffic control is enforcement. In my subjective experience, it seems that the number of traffic officers and the
number of tickets written has gone down considerably since the 1960's. If people were given tickets for unsafe lane changes, running stop signs, running stop lights, following too close, speeding, etc. etc... <BR><BR>Jon</FONT><BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars.<BR>(http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) </FONT></DIV><PRE>_______________________________________________
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