Hey, I bicycled La Place de l'Etoile (Arc de Triomphe) at morning rush hour
once. The fact that I was towing a Bike Bugger may have had something to do
with it but we were treated very well, no one cut us off or anything.
Traffic and attitudes may not be as pleasant 35 years later.....
Hal
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Chris King <cbking@alum.rpi.edu> wrote:
> I've watched the traffic from the top of the Arc de Triomphe. I drive in
> Jersey and I don't think I'd want to navigate that roundabout!
>
> -=Chris
>
> Chris King
> http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/
>
> <-----Original Message----->
> >From: Dave KK7SS [kk7ss@frontier.com]
> >Sent: 4/29/2011 11:40:34 PM
> >To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Roundabouts (was Royal Wedding)
> >
> >There is a roundabout near Lakenheath, England that consists of a 2FT
> diameter
> >Brass plate in the ground at the junction of 5 roads!!
> >
> >>From personal experience, I think the worst 'roundabout' I've ever
> driven
> >would either be the Arc de Triomphe in Paris or the Colosseum in Rome
> .... both
> >at rush hour!!
> >
> >--
> >Dave G KK7SS
> >DN06ig Richland, WA
> >
> >'59 Morris Minor 1000
> >'65 Sprite - in process
> >'76 Midget - shared with my #4 son.
> >'06 Honda Civic Hybrid
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Robert Evans" earthlink.net>
> >
> >Larry Macy wrote: "I disagree, the roundabouts are NUTS, Nuts I say."
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