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COPYRIGHT 2005 Las Vegas Review-Journal
BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA , REVIEW-JOURNAL
A handful of commuters saw their workday drives come to screeching halts because of newly activated ramp meters Tuesday morning.
But they weren't among drivers obeying the traffic-spacing devices along some U.S. Highway 95 onramps.
Police stopped at least 20 drivers and issued them tickets for disregarding the new stop signals, which came online at the Cheyenne Avenue and Lake Mead Boulevard ramps to southbound U.S. 95.
The meters, common in some big cities, are the first ever to be used in Southern Nevada, in hopes of squeezing more efficient use out of existing highway lanes.
"It's going to be a learning curve," said Bob McKenzie, a spokesman for the Nevada Department of Transportation. "Some people still haven't gotten the message to stop at the...
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