6. Highway planners made a main street in a college town one-way. Local businesses were against the change. The local newspaper invited readers to call a telephone number to record their comments. The next day, the paper reported:

Readers overwhelmingly prefer two-way traffic flow to one-way streets. By a 6:1 ratio, callers to the newspaper’s Express Yourself opinion line on Wednesday complained about the one-way streets that have been in place since May. Of the 98 comments received, all but 14 said “no” to one-way streets.