[Spridgets] What is still there?

[guy.weller at tiscali.co.uk]

Minor bumps on roundabouts in the UK are very, very common. The typical 
scenario is a queue of traffic entering a roundabout. The rule is that 
you give way to traffic already on the roundabout. In the UK this means 
traffic coming from your right as the traffic circulates clockwise, but 
in the USA this would be from your left. The first car stops and waits 
for a gap in the traffic. Driver #2 waits behind, also watching for a 
gap. A gap appears and first car moves forward and second driver 
follows, still looking to his right at the traffic on the roundabout so 
he can filter in.  BANG! The first car driver has had second thoughts, 
dithered and stopped again.  It is just so common!

Even so, I think they are great, and a huge help with traffic flows.  
Oh, and when the road is wet, in a Spridget they are just such fun, 
steering "on the throttle"!!

>----Original Message----
>From: b-evans at earthlink.net
>Date: 15/11/2007 16:56 
>To: "David Lieb"<dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com>, "Spridgets"
<Spridgets at autox.team.net>
>Subj: Re: [Spridgets] What is still there?
>
>David Lieb wrote:  "Without the stop signs, this one would have an 
accident
>on site 24/7!"
>
>Remarkable as it may seem, in all of my years of driving thousands of 
miles
>in England, Scotland and Wales, I have only seen one (1) accident. 
>(Granted, I have not been to Northern Ireland or Ireland which may 
skew the
>results tremendously!)
>
>Buster 
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