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<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: National Motorists Association <nma@motorists.org><BR>Subject: NMA E-Newsletter #136: Predictability<BR>To: mcbwaycool@yahoo.com<BR>Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 9:15 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>A common theme aimed at explaining at least a portion of the country’s economic problems is that there is a lack of predictability when it comes to taxes, regulations, laws, executive policies, and international affairs.</DIV>
<DIV>As a result, the people, the companies, and local governments that could step up to the plate with investments, projects, and jobs remain frozen in place, afraid or unable to act.</DIV>
<DIV>These issues are at play in the NMA corner of the world as well. Here are a few common examples:</DIV>
<DIV>We drive down a road and see a speed limit sign.</DIV>
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<LI>Is that really a reasonable number?</LI>
<LI>Is that a number that reflects the normal traffic speeds in this area?</LI>
<LI>Is that number enforced, or is there a large leeway between it and the number actually enforced?</LI>
<LI>Is that number enforced equally among older drivers and teenagers; white and black drivers, drivers of sports cars and bland sedans; or residents and non-residents?</LI>
<LI>Is that number based on sound traffic engineering principles or is it the product of a political process aimed to appease roadside residents? </LI></UL>
<DIV>The truth of the matter is that we seldom know. The result is erratic traffic flow, conflicts between drivers, wasted fuel, increased vehicle wear and tear, and discriminatory enforcement.</DIV>
<DIV>Further down that same road we encounter a traffic light. The light turns yellow.</DIV>
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<LI>Can we continue and clear the intersection before the crossing traffic receives the green signal?</LI>
<LI>If we’re not sure and we stop abruptly will we be hit by the vehicle behind us?</LI>
<LI>If we pass through one controlled intersection is the next controlled intersection timed to allow our passage if we adjust to the normal traffic flow, the speed limit, or accelerate to avoid a needless delay?</LI></UL>
<DIV>We could continue with a host of other examples that cry out for predictability; school zones, construction zones, curve warnings, and stop sign locations being a sample, but the point is made.</DIV>
<DIV>When it comes to their application, our supposedly "uniform" traffic laws and traffic control devices are anything but.</DIV>
<DIV>For the most part there are solid proven criteria for posting signs, setting limits, and guiding traffic, but adherence to those criteria is the exception to the rule.</DIV>
<DIV>The result is we have no predictability, and all the negatives that that imparts. ♦</DIV></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD>
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