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From: "JHY" <JHY5566@nospam.com>
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Subject: Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95
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"Tim Streater" <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote in message 
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> In article <05dqrad679rfe62htfeibomliessectiup@4ax.com>, Gene Wirchenko
> <genew@telus.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:11:38 -0500, Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On 31-Jul-15 19:42, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>> A fixed schedule makes more sense.
>>>
>>>It is fixed--for a given area.  But different schools and districts can
>>>operate on rather different schedules (and even calendars), so the only
>>>way to be sure you'd get all of them would be a blanket 7a-5p, which
>>>would disrupt traffic _far_ more than the typical 1-2 hours per day that
>>>we have now.
>>
>>     So how does one find out about an area's schedule?
>
> That should be set nationally and be part of the Highway Code.
> Difficult in the US because you allow tinpot local jurisdictions to set
> the rules.
>
>>     This:
>>http://discoverspringtexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Spring-Texas-school-z
>>one-speed-limits.jpg
>>is not a good solution.  The sign states:
>>          SCHOOL
>>          SPEED
>>          LIMIT
>>          20
>>          7:30 - 8:30 AM
>>          11:00 - 11:30 AM
>>          3:00 - 3:45 PM
>>That is way too much to read while driving.  Under bad conditions, it
>>could be impossible.
>
> Quite right. This is an example of what I alluded to in an earlier
> post: signage in the US is not designed to solve a traffic problem.
> It's designed to maximise the chance that you will become an
> administrative criminal between leaving home and arriving at your
> destination.

Doesn’t explain why other non US jurisdictions have the same signs
but with just two time bands and have those because there is no
viable alternative sign wise.