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While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To be clear, it is four times that pedestrians have to cross, not four times that drivers are encouraged to not slow down. Drivers are not explicitly encouraged to not slow down, but the point of the diverging diamond is to make drivers not have to slow down.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Ohhh, thanks for the clarification ๐Ÿ˜