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Ed Huntress wrote:
> "Sylvia Else" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:00ea4fb5$0$17131$(E-Mail Removed)...
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>> On 7/02/2010 5:45 AM, Jon Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> T wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Interesting. A little disorienting, not used to driving on the other
>>>> side of the road!
>>>>
>>> It's not that hard at first, so long as you focus and pay attention.
>>> It's right when you think you've got it, that you'll pull out into the
>>> wrong side of the road...
>>>
>> Or, as seems likely to have happened to a US couple on holiday here in
>> Australia in a case reported on the news a while back, look the wrong way
>> before pulling out in front of a truck
>>
>> Sylvia.
>>
>
> Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I approach one,
> my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache. Traffic diagrams
> appear in my head. I bite my lip...
>
>
What does this do for you then
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/conte...llery.shtml?15
, Swindons "Magic Roundabout". I've not driven it recently but I
understand it can still give drivers used to roundabouts a problem.

On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:57:18 -0800, Gunner Asch <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:30:50 GMT, Howard Eisenhauer
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9XAC...layer_embedded
>>
>>H.
>
>
>Now that is WAY WAY cool!
>
>Gotta get one for the Ranger!!
>
>Gunner

Well sure, that's the perfect investment for somebody who says he's
entering bankruptcy. Now all you have to do is find a vendor who'll
let you pay in food stamps.

Wayne

On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:17:00 -0500, Ed Huntress wrote:

> Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I approach
> one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache. Traffic
> diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...

Brits love going round in circles ;-)

I think Garces Circle in Bakersfield, CA qualifies as a roundabout. I've
come across a couple just outside Grand Junction, CO, and one in Balboa, CA,
too. At least the traffic goes around those the right way.

--
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On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:05:47 -0800, Fred Abse
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:17:00 -0500, Ed Huntress wrote:
>
>> Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I approach
>> one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache. Traffic
>> diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...
>
>Brits love going round in circles ;-)
>
>I think Garces Circle in Bakersfield, CA qualifies as a roundabout. I've
>come across a couple just outside Grand Junction, CO, and one in Balboa, CA,
>too. At least the traffic goes around those the right way.


About a dozen in Waterloo Region (Ontario Canada) and more in the
works.

"David Billington" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ed Huntress wrote:
>> "Sylvia Else" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:00ea4fb5$0$17131$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> On 7/02/2010 5:45 AM, Jon Anderson wrote:
>>>
>>>> T wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Interesting. A little disorienting, not used to driving on the other
>>>>> side of the road!
>>>>>
>>>> It's not that hard at first, so long as you focus and pay attention.
>>>> It's right when you think you've got it, that you'll pull out into the
>>>> wrong side of the road...
>>>>
>>> Or, as seems likely to have happened to a US couple on holiday here in
>>> Australia in a case reported on the news a while back, look the wrong
>>> way before pulling out in front of a truck
>>>
>>> Sylvia.
>>>
>>
>> Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I approach
>> one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache. Traffic
>> diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...
>>
>>
> What does this do for you then
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/conte...llery.shtml?15 ,
> Swindons "Magic Roundabout". I've not driven it recently but I understand
> it can still give drivers used to roundabouts a problem.

Is that the one with the signs that say "Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter
Here"?

That's evil.

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Ed Huntress

"Fred Abse" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:17:00 -0500, Ed Huntress wrote:
>
>> Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I approach
>> one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache. Traffic
>> diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...
>
> Brits love going round in circles ;-)
>
> I think Garces Circle in Bakersfield, CA qualifies as a roundabout. I've
> come across a couple just outside Grand Junction, CO, and one in Balboa,
> CA,
> too. At least the traffic goes around those the right way.

We used to have lots of them in NJ. There still are a few. We call them
circles.

They're difficult enough, sometimes, even if the traffic stays on the right
side of the road. The first time I encountered one in the UK, it felt like
being in a demolition derby.

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Ed Huntress

On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:35:31 -0800, the renowned Jon Anderson
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Sylvia Else wrote:
>
>> Or, as seems likely to have happened to a US couple on holiday here in
>> Australia in a case reported on the news a while back, look the wrong
>> way before pulling out in front of a truck
>
>Funny, I don't make that mistake when driving, but as a pedestrian, I
>just cannot seem to help but look the wrong way...
>
>
>Jon

First time I was in HK, jet-lagged, I looked the wrong way, stepped
off the curb (spelled "kerb" there, I guess) and got knocked down by a
mini-van. Fortunately, no major damage to either party. These days
they have markings on the pavement that say "Look right".



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On 07/02/2010 13:27, David Billington wrote:

> What does this do for you then
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/conte...llery.shtml?15
> , Swindons "Magic Roundabout". I've not driven it recently but I
> understand it can still give drivers used to roundabouts a problem.

Try these links on the same ...

The Magic Roundabout
<http://www.cbrd.co.uk/indepth/magicroundabout/>

Videos
<http://www.cbrd.co.uk/media/video/magic.shtml>

--
Adrian C

On 8/02/2010 12:27 AM, David Billington wrote:
> Ed Huntress wrote:
>> "Sylvia Else" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:00ea4fb5$0$17131$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On 7/02/2010 5:45 AM, Jon Anderson wrote:
>>>> T wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Interesting. A little disorienting, not used to driving on the other
>>>>> side of the road!
>>>> It's not that hard at first, so long as you focus and pay attention.
>>>> It's right when you think you've got it, that you'll pull out into the
>>>> wrong side of the road...
>>> Or, as seems likely to have happened to a US couple on holiday here
>>> in Australia in a case reported on the news a while back, look the
>>> wrong way before pulling out in front of a truck
>>>
>>> Sylvia.
>>
>> Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I
>> approach one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache.
>> Traffic diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...
>>
> What does this do for you then
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/conte...llery.shtml?15
> , Swindons "Magic Roundabout". I've not driven it recently but I
> understand it can still give drivers used to roundabouts a problem.

Ye Gods! What purpose does that serve? How many accidents a day do they
get there? Reply using scientific notation if necessary.

A particular observation for US readers - from the perspective of
British drivers, they're going the wrong way around the middle circle.

Sylvia.

On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:56:33 -0800, Gunner Asch wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:05:47 -0800, Fred Abse
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:17:00 -0500, Ed Huntress wrote:
>>
>>> Terror for an American driver is a roundabout in Britain. As I approach
>>> one, my palms begin to sweat. Then my head begins to ache. Traffic
>>> diagrams appear in my head. I bite my lip...
>>
>>Brits love going round in circles ;-)
>>
>>I think Garces Circle in Bakersfield, CA qualifies as a roundabout. I've
>>come across a couple just outside Grand Junction, CO, and one in Balboa,
>>CA, too. At least the traffic goes around those the right way.
>
>
> There are two of them in Bakersfield
>
Where's the other? I've only ever driven round Garces Circle.

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)