Sadly, making proper left turns, like parallel parking, may one day become a lost art. We are being encouraged to avoid them. For instance, in 2004 United Parcel Service (UPS) decided to have its drivers, if not eliminate, then at least minimize, their left-hand turns and instead perform “right-hand loops.” The UPS brain trust believed that it would be safer, quicker and more efficient for a driver to make three rights rather than one left. UPS has reported that since 2004 the company has “saved an estimated 10 million gallons of gas.” Its “carbon emissions were reduced by 100,000 metric tons – the equivalent of 5,300 cars off the road for an entire year.”
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 21:26:08 +0000
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