Roundabouts, my pet peeve. They have become quiet popular around here.
I remember days of old when they were large. The one I grew up with was
large enough to have a large expanse of grass, and even a stand of trees
growing within it. Back "then", they had multiple traffic lanes encircling
them. One could actually enter in one lane, change to the center lane; and
if so inclined, move to the most inner lane, where he could just go around
in circles all day long if he wished.
Today is another story. They are small, and narrow. I would guess two cars
could be side-by-side in a newer roundabout; if one were an MGB, the other a
Midget, they drove very slow, and with precision. Any other combination
would surely require a trip to the local body shop.
What were they thinking?
Larry Hoy
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> From: owner-mgs@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf Of David Breneman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 2:04 PM
> To: mgs@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: Roundabouts (was Re: replacing clutch on the MGB)
>
> A town near where I live is going roundabout crazy. There is
> no accepted protocol for using these things in this part of
> the country. You have people cutting each other off,
> changing lanes, etc. Some roundabouts have two lanes both
> turning right into them with no indication of who is to go
> where. I'm afraid to take my MGA anywhere near them. The
> Wall Street Journal published an article about the roundabout
> craze a couple years ago and determined that the average US
> traffic light or 4-way-stop controlled intersection that is
> replaced by a roundabout suffers a 700% increase in accidents.
>
>
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> David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com
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