On 3 Jan 2007 16:39:00 -0800, "Jay Honeck" wrote
in . com:

Apparently some traffic engineer decided that we, as drivers, were no
longer competent at judging speed/time/distance in our heads, and thus
could no longer be trusted to safely turn left when the light is green.

It was probably instigated by the insurance companies.

However, with the overly generous licensing procedures in place in
California, many licensed drivers may indeed not be capable of proper
judgment.

We can't abandon the inept; we've got to invent ways to bring them up
to speed, or face a revolt, IMO. I heard somewhere that about 25% of
drivers in Los Angeles aren't licensed as it is.