Remember five years or so ago when people were talking about UPS cutting fuel costs and emissions by eliminating left-hand turns?

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Several motorists made left-hand turns zooming over the crosswalk.

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As a rock off the top left-hand corner of Europe, we are big winners from this rule, which turns places like Italy, Greece, Malta or Poland into flypaper for migrants.

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