https://xkcd.com/2929

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While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.

  • stebo
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    36 months ago

    Having to stop for a stoplight twice just to go straight? No thx.

    • Badabinski
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      56 months ago

      There are many of these where I live. The lights are usually timed so that you just go straight through without having to stop. They’re much better than the traditional intersections that came before.

      I will absolutely concede that they’re shitty for pedestrians or cyclists, however.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 months ago

        The ones I’ve used time the pedestrian lights with the traffic, so it’s safer for them. Still tricky for peds going across turn lanes.

    • Jojo, Lady of the West
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      36 months ago

      They’re usually built over a motorway where there was already two stoplights just to go straight, so …