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Re: Rotaries (aka Traffic Circles)
Posted By: Darien, on host 140.186.100.65
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 1999, at 16:09:20
In Reply To: Re: Rotaries (aka Traffic Circles) posted by Sam on Wednesday, August 25, 1999, at 16:01:43:

> Of course, in England, you drive on the left side of the road, and going around roundabouts, you have to go clockwise. I was young when we lived in England, and too young to drive. When we moved back, it took a while to get used to riding/driving on the right side of the road, but it took a lot longer, due to the scarcity of traffic circles in the U.S. and my lack of experience with them prior to moving to England, to get used to driving counter clockwise around traffic circles.

Well, then, that at least is a *reason* for driving incorrectly on the rotary. I strongly doubt that any of the people around here have that, though.

I think what we need is a little device - kind of like an airbag - that senses when you're driving incorrectly on the rotary and causes a spring-loaded boxing glove to pop out of the dash and hit you in the face. Kind of like in Looney Tunes. This would probably make the car fly out of control, but if the driver survives, I guarantee you he drives properly on rotaries from then on.