Driving to a STOP - America
Nov 17th 2006, 5:36 pm
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
Originally Posted by jumping doris
Yield here means "don't bother with the brakes, don't look for any other road user who might have right of way, just plough out into the traffic because yield must mean that they will yield to you".
The poor saps who do know what a yield is allways run the risk of being rear ended by a SUV 
Nov 17th 2006, 6:21 pm
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
...and perfect evidence of the stupidity of 4-way stops is the legal (not practical) definition of who has right of way at a 4-way stop. 
Nov 17th 2006, 6:46 pm
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
Originally Posted by AdobePinon
...and perfect evidence of the stupidity of 4-way stops is the legal (not practical) definition of who has right of way at a 4-way stop.
Nov 17th 2006, 8:00 pm
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
Originally Posted by krizzy
You have right of way...no matter what if you are a nearly blind can't see over the steering wheel little old lady over 70...
Nov 18th 2006, 6:25 am
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
I used to drive across the original Magic Roundabout, in Swindon, every day during the sandwich year of my degree back in 1987 - 88. Also my American neighbour, who originates from Chicago, knows the Magic Roundabout very well too - he's visited Swindon on business a number of times.
Small world, eh?
Small world, eh?
Originally Posted by dan_alford
When I worked in Hemel we had Americans come to visit. The fun thing to do was to see the sheer terror in their faces when you took them on the magic roundabout. You half expected their heads to explode.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_R...l_Hempstead%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_R...l_Hempstead%29
Nov 18th 2006, 7:48 am
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
Originally Posted by Elvira
(sigh)
Roundabouts would solve most of those problems.
But I doubt that mericans would ever 'get' roundabouts. Probably would lead to total chaos if they tried them here.
Roundabouts would solve most of those problems.
But I doubt that mericans would ever 'get' roundabouts. Probably would lead to total chaos if they tried them here.
Roundabouts definitely beat four way stop signs and traffic lights. The latter both waste time - when cars sit there when there are no cars in the direction of the green lights - and tend to bunch traffic in a particular direction. I remember reading in the WSJ a couple of years ago that they'd introduced some in Fort Lauderdale and it was complete chaos. Don't know whether they still have them.
Nov 18th 2006, 11:23 am
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
Originally Posted by nethead
Thought it had something to do with one person per car too. Not much car pooling going on.
Nov 18th 2006, 2:11 pm
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
Originally Posted by Dan725
Not to mention the average car is about three times as big as in Europe, thus taking up more road space
Nov 20th 2006, 3:52 am
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
Originally Posted by Giantaxe
I remember reading in the WSJ a couple of years ago that they'd introduced some in Fort Lauderdale and it was complete chaos. Don't know whether they still have them.
An hour ago I was driving home through the same circle. There's traffic in the circle so I stop at the yield sign. What does the driver in the circle do? He stops! I wave at him for a few seconds, sigh, and enter the circle.
I mean, really!
Nov 20th 2006, 5:09 pm
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Re: Driving to a STOP - America
I'd rather be sideswiped on a roundabout by someone that doesnt know what they are doing than T'ed by someone doing 60mph that didnt bother to stop.
