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Re: Rotaries (aka Traffic Circles)
Posted By: Darien, on host 140.186.100.125
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 1999, at 11:43:59
In Reply To: Re: Rotaries (aka Traffic Circles) posted by unipeg on Wednesday, August 25, 1999, at 10:04:39:

> > > I drive through four (yes, four) rotaries every day on my way to and from work. This daily adventure has made me very aware of my mortality. *shudder*
> >
> > Urg. Over in the city where I live, we have a traffic circle. It was so bad, I usually take other streets just to avoid the thing.
> >
> > Odd fact: While New Jersey is phasing out traffic circles, suburbs of Seattle are competing to get circles installed.
> >
> > Other odd fact: In New Jersey, there is no law about who has right-of-way in a circle aside from the "main flow of traffic".
> >
> > -Faux "Our circle is scheduled for removal in 2003, I can't wait." Pas
>
> hahaha, be glad you don't live in DC. we have a billion of those things, i drive through them all the time. and they're HUGE, too, like 5 or 6 MAIN streets... when i go out into Maryland, i see the little ones that are two streets, and i am forced to laugh. yes, i am glad to be alive every time i get out of one of those things... and i don't even drive yet!!!!!

We have one rotary in Greenfield, and you'd be surprised by the number of people who can't figure out simple things like "don't stop on the rotary," "don't cut across if you miss your exit - it's a rotary! It goes *around!*" and "don't drive clockwise on the rotary." I also, coincidentally, am the only person in the town of Greenfield who signals to come off the rotary.

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