...And I am a man of action! And I call all who are reading this quaint little blog to action in the name of Amy! As many of you know, Amy is a very passionate person. And every once in a while a "hot button" issue will come along that gets Amy's dander up. This particular issue has been weighing on her mind recently so I decided I would take matters into my own hands and sound the trumpet! Now, one thing I decided as I began posting on this blog is that I wouldn't get into politics...well I'm diving head first into the shallow end of the pool and no one can stop me! You're probably wondering what the issue is right?
The issue at hand is traffic light ignorance. You see, Amy takes issue with any car that is stopped too pre-maturely at the light. Stopping pre-maturely at the light fails to trigger the light to change...allegedly. I have been told many times as we are driving that if I would just pull up a few inches the light would magically turn green! The conversation usually goes as follows (I've already pulled up to the light and we are waiting, some more patiently than others, for the light to turn green)..."You need to pull up closer to the light." My response, "I'm close enough." Amy's retort, "no you're not, you need to move up closer so the light will sense that we're here and will turn green." Through situations like this I have been educated as to the ways of the traffic light. I also hear about it when we are behind a car that is at the front and the light hasn't changed in 5 seconds. "They need to move up! They're not far enough up to the light!" Who knew this??? I sure didn't! And by the looks of it there are possibly millions of others who don't know this either! I know what you're thinking...something must done, but what?
My proposal is that we create a fund that can shed light on this topic and educate (or opiate) the masses! We'll call it the National Traffic Light Education Fund, or NTLEF! All donations payable to Stevo. Also, we need to write our Congressmen...state and federal! If you're a Democrat, make it a federal issue, if you're a Republican, make it a state issue. This issue transcends party lines and must be addressed immediately! We must act! Think of the children!
Wild about my Child
12 years ago
6 comments:
YES!! Amy is absolutely right (perhaps we both know this because we grew up and began driving together). In Portland most of the lights have ground sensors (which are evidenced by the big circles in the ground)and they absolutely change when you are over it. Luckily here you don't have to scoot up too far, but you've got to be at the line for sure. So, yes, Stevo...we need to unite to inform our great country of this important issue!
I think you must have hit your head when you dove into the pool(years ago)!
Once you mentioned the children...Count me in. Travis could be on the committee as it is an issue with him as well! Let me know what I can do to help the masses.
Amy, I applaud your genius and COMPLETELY agree! I can attest to this when, every single morning last year as I raced to take K1 to school, I would get stuck at the light that rarely changed for my direction. If I just inched myself into the intersection - whammo! - light changed. For those out there who don't figure this out (stevo...) take it from the brilliant ones and ease off the brake already! Amy, you've got my vote.
You can always do I as do and run the darn thing - why wait? Really. Although this has spurred many variations of the "what is wrong with you" conversation.
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