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Subject: [Spridgets] Royal Wedding
From: bkitterer at me.com (Kitterer Bob)
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:43:58 -0700
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I have to agree with Larry.  I think they are just traffic obstacles.  While in 
NJ  there was a long straight section of road with limited traffic and a 45 mph 
limit. Except every quarter of a mile there was one of these #%*%$# traffic 
circles where you had to slow down to 20 mph in order to get around them.  
Personally I think that they are used so that no one has to obey any traffic 
control signs or signals and when there is an accident the cops can just write 
everyone a ticket.

Flame shield up

Bob Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise) - in storage
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes - in storage

On Apr 29, 2011, at 8:22 PM, Robert Evans wrote:

> Larry Macy wrote:  "I disagree, the roundabouts are NUTS, Nuts I say."
> 
> 
> 
> I dunno, but having driven upteen thousands of miles throughout the UK, I
> have found roundabouts to be brilliant examples of traffic engineering.
> They keep the traffic moving far more safely and smoother than a four-way
> controlled intersections with a myriad of different signal changes.  Of
> course, having said that, I would add that the typical English driver is a
> far more courteous and safer driver than you normally find in America
> (especially Southern California).  It seems to me that they are far more
> willing to yield the right of way, and in those thousands of miles, I have
> seen less than a handful of accidents.  There, for example, a sign
> indicating a reduction from 2 to 1 lane a mile ahead sees drivers almost
> immediately getting into the single lane.  Here, it is the equivalent to the
> starter's flag as everyone dashes to get ahead of everyone else, then barge
> into one lane at the last moment.
> 
> 
> 
> Buster
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