"Jay Honeck" wrote in message

Even funnier is our latest-and-greatest computer-controlled stoplights,
now with little cameras on each pole. Because of this wonderful system,
it is now possible to get EVERY SINGLE RED LIGHT as you drive across town!
What a wonderful innovation!

When traffic is relatively light, they do an okay job of keeping things
moving -- but as soon as things pick up, bang -- you WILL get every red
light, as it is working just a smidge out of sync with the actual traffic
flow.


When I lived in Denver in the early 70s, they had lights on main
thoroughfares synchronized to the speed limit. I don't know what the system
was. If you drove right about the speed limit, you could go six miles
across town and hit every green. I did it numerous times. Those who tried
to rush invariably got caught at the next light.