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Old 01-31-2009, 04:51 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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Some of the on ramps around Pittsburgh have stop signs. People from out of town say they've never seen that before.
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Old 01-31-2009, 08:20 AM
 
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Some of the on ramps around Pittsburgh have stop signs. People from out of town say they've never seen that before.
I have seen that there and elsewhere, and I actually think it's a good idea, especially for those ramps that are shorter than short, or have bad merge visibility...some of the ones in the DC area are ridiculously short.
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Old 01-31-2009, 09:07 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania (NW)
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Some of the on ramps around Pittsburgh have stop signs. People from out of town say they've never seen that before.
WE have a lot of Yield in Tucson and a few Stops.

Phoenix is almost all stop signs and I believe some stop lights.
I think that is better sometimes if the traffic flow is so much that you take your life in your hands to try to merge into traffic.

I think I-80 and the roads back east are going to be much calmer than what I am use to. Im looking forward to it.
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Old 01-31-2009, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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While we're griping, why don't people in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre know what a TURN SIGNAL is?! I'm sick of blaring my horn all the time!
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Old 01-31-2009, 10:53 AM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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What are these "turn signals" of which you speak?
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Old 01-31-2009, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Yeah
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Some of the on ramps around Pittsburgh have stop signs. People from out of town say they've never seen that before.
Tell me where you've seen a stop sign at an on ramp?
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Old 01-31-2009, 08:23 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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What are these "turn signals" of which you speak?
We call 'em "blinkers" up here in NEPA!
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Old 01-31-2009, 08:24 PM
 
Location: Yeah
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We call 'em "blinkers" up here in NEPA!

HA HA
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Old 01-31-2009, 10:45 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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Tell me where you've seen a stop sign at an on ramp?

Many Pittsburgh entrance and exit ramps have stop signs instead of yield signs.
Driving in Pittsburgh - Tips for Finding Your Way Around Pittsburgh - Maps, Beltways, Wayfinder System

Pittsburgh is the only place where the bottom of the parkway entrance acceleration ramp can have a stop sign
Driving in the 'Burgh

the most infamous ramp on the Parkway East descends from Beechwood Blvd. The steep ramp carries all entering eastbound traffic from the surrounding area. From a stop sign at the base of the ramp
Parkway East Int - Squirrel Hill / Homestead - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA

The ramp terraces down the side of a hill, and traffic has to come to a stop before merging onto the highway. As if that wasn't bad enough, the lane that traffic merges into is marked "EXIT ONLY," and ends in 500 feet. In order not to exit the highway immediately after entering it, traffic has to accelerate to highway speeds from a dead stop AND do a double-lane change in a matter of 500 feet.
Ridiculous on-ramp City of Pittsburgh - Central City/East End
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Old 02-01-2009, 07:23 AM
 
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You have older drivers in pa who tend to drive more cautiously. I've seen drivers stop when they should have just merged and I always try to change lanes or slow to let them out. Then again I've seen people just pull out, often yacking on cell phones, like we're supposed to yield to them. Anyway, try driving in eastern Pa whch is alot worse especially with all the New Jersey drivers that somehow got licenses without ever having taken a driving test.
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