Comments on: Red Yellow Green http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: fred_dot_u http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/#comment-16626 fred_dot_u Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:11:56 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1040#comment-16626 As one of those famous redneck comedians says, "Here's your sign" http://cgi.ebay.com/12V-CAR-SCROLLING-LED-LIGHT-MESSAGE-DISPLAY-SIGN-REMOTE-/380248471786?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM As one of those famous redneck comedians says, “Here’s your sign”

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]]> By: RealPerson http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/#comment-16619 RealPerson Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:07:50 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1040#comment-16619 I for one use a manual transmission! Facts: Manual transmission gives you more control over the rpm of the engine, manual transmissions have better gas mileage, manual transmissions make you think about how you are driving. I however do not need a 2 second yellow light to tell me to switch from stop/neutral into 1st. I do need a sign on my rear end that says PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE and another one that pops out when I am on a hill that says STAY 10 FEET AWAY because my car WILL roll backward into the fool who (in an automatic vehicle) releases their foot off of the brake pedal. I for one use a manual transmission! Facts: Manual transmission gives you more control over the rpm of the engine, manual transmissions have better gas mileage, manual transmissions make you think about how you are driving.
I however do not need a 2 second yellow light to tell me to switch from stop/neutral into 1st.
I do need a sign on my rear end that says PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE
and another one that pops out when I am on a hill that says STAY 10 FEET AWAY because my car WILL roll backward into the fool who (in an automatic vehicle) releases their foot off of the brake pedal.

]]> By: Lee http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/#comment-8275 Lee Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:28:39 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1040#comment-8275 I remember seeing yellow before green in Montréal or Québec, maybe 15+ years ago. I was told that it was a cue for everyone to get in-gear so everyone was ready to go at the same time. Also, it was a cue for anyone crossing the street to start running for the sidewalk. After seeing that I couldn't understand why we didn't have that here. I remember seeing yellow before green in Montréal or Québec, maybe 15+ years ago. I was told that it was a cue for everyone to get in-gear so everyone was ready to go at the same time. Also, it was a cue for anyone crossing the street to start running for the sidewalk. After seeing that I couldn’t understand why we didn’t have that here.

]]> By: Frank Eggers http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/#comment-8211 Frank Eggers Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:19:18 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1040#comment-8211 When I was a kid visiting suburban Baltimore in 1947, the amber light was lit before green. I wish they did that now, especially because I am one of those eccentric nuts who has a manual transmission in my car. Knowing when the green will come on would give me time to shift from neutral to low. How, I have to watch the light for the cross traffic. On a slightly different note, probably a manual transmission is safer than an automatic transmission. Sometimes an accident occurs when a driver hits the accelerator instead of the brake. Under those low speed conditions, with a manual transmission, probably the driver would have his left foot on the clutch so, if he hit the accelerator instead of the brake with his right foot, little would happen. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find research on this. When I was a kid visiting suburban Baltimore in 1947, the amber light was lit before green. I wish they did that now, especially because I am one of those eccentric nuts who has a manual transmission in my car. Knowing when the green will come on would give me time to shift from neutral to low. How, I have to watch the light for the cross traffic.

On a slightly different note, probably a manual transmission is safer than an automatic transmission. Sometimes an accident occurs when a driver hits the accelerator instead of the brake. Under those low speed conditions, with a manual transmission, probably the driver would have his left foot on the clutch so, if he hit the accelerator instead of the brake with his right foot, little would happen. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find research on this.

]]> By: Bossi http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/#comment-8167 Bossi Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:17:41 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1040#comment-8167 er... that is, amber prior to green. Sleep deprivation is a bit of a theme this week. er… that is, amber prior to green. Sleep deprivation is a bit of a theme this week.

]]> By: Bossi http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/#comment-8166 Bossi Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:13:29 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1040#comment-8166 I've seen the amber prior to red is used in Montréal, among some other places at least in Québec. I’ve seen the amber prior to red is used in Montréal, among some other places at least in Québec.

]]> By: Eric Fischer http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/#comment-8156 Eric Fischer Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:28:19 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1040#comment-8156 I remember a red+yellow crossing of the Midway Plaisance in Chicago in the 1990s, perhaps on Woodlawn? It was gone when I checked earlier this year, though. I remember a red+yellow crossing of the Midway Plaisance in Chicago in the 1990s, perhaps on Woodlawn? It was gone when I checked earlier this year, though.

]]> By: Rich Wilson http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/#comment-8150 Rich Wilson Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:12:50 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1040#comment-8150 In Russia, it seemed to me that the Red+Yellow preceding the Green was a signal to the drivers to put it in gear and gun their engines, the sound of which alerted pedestrians to get the hell out of the way. I remember being terrified at the site of a babooshka hobbling as fast as she could with her stuffed grocery bags to get out of the way before the cars came storming through. I'm not so sure they would have waited. I've never seen anything but green-yellow-red-green in Vancouver, but I haven't been there in 10 years. In Russia, it seemed to me that the Red+Yellow preceding the Green was a signal to the drivers to put it in gear and gun their engines, the sound of which alerted pedestrians to get the hell out of the way. I remember being terrified at the site of a babooshka hobbling as fast as she could with her stuffed grocery bags to get out of the way before the cars came storming through. I’m not so sure they would have waited.

I’ve never seen anything but green-yellow-red-green in Vancouver, but I haven’t been there in 10 years.

]]> By: chrismealy http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/14/red-yellow-green/#comment-8149 chrismealy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:42:38 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1040#comment-8149 I think they have them in Vancouver BC. I think they have them in Vancouver BC.

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