At a distance, state sees dots

From: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL | Date: January 28, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

BLOOMINGTON - Last June, Minnesota state officials drew 94 elliptical dots, spaced 225 feet apart, on the lanes of a two-mile section of a highway near Minneapolis.

Accompanying roadside signs still tell drivers to stay two dots away from the car in front of them. State officials say the dots and signs explaining them are increasing the distances between some cars.

"The main idea here was to provide an educational tool for motorists to identify what a safe following distance looks like," said Gordy Pehrson, traffic safety coordinator with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.

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