Nancy and I have been in Lubbock, TX, this week staying with Aunt Sarah while she has been in the hospital. It is very apparent to me that the city of Lubbock has gone "cheap" when it comes to their traffic light system. We've had occasion to be at many different intersections controlled by traffic lights as we come and go from the hospital. NONE we have encountered seem to have any "smarts" built in to them regarding actual traffic demand. If you come up to a red light, you will sit there at that red as the system gives all the other traffic directions their FULL cycle - even when no other traffic is around!
I guess things just naturally move at a little "slower" pace around here compared to the Dallas area, so folks just don't seem to mind too much! Just seems a waste to idle so long at a red light when there isn't a need to do so - particularly when it costs nearly $4 a gallon…
Tom
Big Changes
9 years ago
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