Lewis Hamilton

Yesterday, we made a trip to Indiana to go and see the Indianapolis Grand Prix. Seeing cars go very fast turns out to be exciting, but perhaps not for 73 laps. However, the excitement was of course amplified by the prospect of a British win, and so I decided I had to support my fellow countryman and bought a big Union Jack flag. This had benefits (an interview from someone from BBC Radio One trying her best to make me say I'd only shown up because of our hero Mr Hamilton) and downsides (a flagpole turns out to be rather heavy).

Anyway, much fun was had by all, and I was also amused and confused by the 15c road toll we had to pay on the interstate back into Illinois.

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Green means go, right?

I remember when I first started writing serious mathematics, being given some important advice by a professor:

"Use the same symbol to mean the same thing, and different symbols to mean different things."

Obvious, right? Well, it's not something that's been applied to the American traffic system. That is, green does not always mean go, and red does not always mean stop. For instance, in many states, you can "turn right on red", meaning you can make a right turn even if you have a red light, so long as the road is clear. At most four-way intersections with lights, if you have a green light, you can only turn right or left if the way is clear - and this includes pedestrians. So the pedestrians crossing the road have right of way, even if you have a green light. It is my opinion that this unclearness leads to much bad driving, as evidenced by the fact that I almost died this morning when a car tried to turn left into me.