Hi Gregg,
At 2000 June 16 - Friday 22:53, Gregg
spoke about *Re: [OM] how's the weather?? - getting more & mor...* saying
>
> Tom Trottier replied:
...
> > > PS And what was a PED XING?
> >
> > Short for something. Pederast Christing?
>
> It was painted on the roads before a cross walk. It means Pedestrian
> Crossing. It was also the only place I have lived where the light
> would turn red all directions and the pedestrians could cross in any
> direction they wanted to, even diagonally.
In Riyadh, when I was there in 82, the main crossings turned green
one direction at a time, N, E, S, W, then all red for pedestrians.
SImplified traffic flow, which was chaotic mostly.
Tom
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