I am tempted to bulldoze away every last one of them. We have two of them in Oregon on the fucking highway. When I visited Arizona there were 14 in a row on the fucking highway and it took 30 minutes to drive 2 miles. In Arizona they are referred to as "circles of stupidity ".
Tom Dually, you think there was some tomfoolery involved in the planning and construction of the roundabout at that location? I'm thinking that nowhere in the process was the question "Do we really need this?" asked.
Fewer people die in intersections with roundabouts, but you find them difficult to understand, so you'd rather more people die, as long as you're less inconvenienced. How's the campaign going, Camela?
#5 That's pretty terrific. I remember being stoned outta my gourd. Line to the women's room a mile long. Not the mens. A girl came to me and said, can we share? I said sure, I'll take the upper berth you take the lower. She sat on shitter, I pissed in the sink and we were inseperable at least for the rest of tha night.
#7 - my local round-about in NJ an elipse of 250 feet by 400 feet, in Minneapolis they are maybe 100 feet. The NJ version works until traffic gets too heavy, and an overpass is needed for the major flow. The MN variety never works for semi-trailers, especially in the ice seasons. 100 foot is sized for Mini-Coopers and golf carts.
I lived in NJ for quite some time, near the intersections of routes 28, 202 and 206. It took about 20 years to replace the old roundabout with (........... wait for it) a flyover and . . . a roundabout. With traffic lights. Brilliant. http://raritan-online.com/circle.htm
Hate the bastards ever since I got stuck on a multi lane one in Copenhagen. Took four trips around that sucker before I could get into the correct exit.
One of the most thrilling memories I have, is of during my first visit on a work trip to Sidney (the one in Australia, aka "down under") where they drive on the wrong side of the road because - British penal colony. And taking my rent-a-car into a roundabout. my brain screaming "DON'T LOOK LEFT !! DON'T LOOK LEFT !!!" good times, good times. . . . .
In the early 1970s, at Westover AFB in MA each of the two main exit roads from the base had roundabouts about a half mile from the base. Several times when leaving base my roommate and I would go around a couple of times while deciding where we wanted to go.
I haven't been in years but back in the 70s, the Arc d'triumph in Paris had about 10 lanes of traffic circling it. I knew an American woman who was in school in London and was in Paris on a two-day trip. She tried to cross all ten lies, on foot, in traffic. They deported her.
I like roundabouts...................
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I like the teeny-tiny city roundabouts the retards put on US-2 and US-169 in a few places around here, with no fly-by because not enough room.
DeleteIt's fun watching anything longer than 40 feet scrub the inside tires on the curb as they pull a 270° turn.
I am tempted to bulldoze away every last one of them. We have two of them in Oregon on the fucking highway. When I visited Arizona there were 14 in a row on the fucking highway and it took 30 minutes to drive 2 miles. In Arizona they are referred to as "circles of stupidity ".
DeleteSteve: Wickenburg, eh? Even more fun when following a semi. No way around either.
DeleteTom Dually, you think there was some tomfoolery involved in the planning and construction of the roundabout at that location?
DeleteI'm thinking that nowhere in the process was the question "Do we really need this?" asked.
Fewer people die in intersections with roundabouts, but you find them difficult to understand, so you'd rather more people die, as long as you're less inconvenienced. How's the campaign going, Camela?
DeletePerhaps people not able to maneuver thru an intersection should not be driving.......
Delete#5 That's pretty terrific. I remember being stoned outta my gourd. Line to the women's room a mile long. Not the mens. A girl came to me and said, can we share? I said sure, I'll take the upper berth you take the lower. She sat on shitter, I pissed in the sink and we were inseperable at least for the rest of tha night.
ReplyDeleteI would rather piss outside my backdoor. I used to be able to do that, in a former life.
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ReplyDelete#7 - my local round-about in NJ an elipse of 250 feet by 400 feet, in Minneapolis they are maybe 100 feet. The NJ version works until traffic gets too heavy, and an overpass is needed for the major flow. The MN variety never works for semi-trailers, especially in the ice seasons. 100 foot is sized for Mini-Coopers and golf carts.
ReplyDeleteI lived in NJ for quite some time, near the intersections of routes 28, 202 and 206. It took about 20 years to replace the old roundabout with (........... wait for it) a flyover and . . . a roundabout. With traffic lights. Brilliant. http://raritan-online.com/circle.htm
DeleteCoulda been a Jug-Handle solution.
DeleteRoundabouts. I love it when roundabouts have stoplights. City "planning" in action; ie, whose brother-in-law's cousin got the contract?
ReplyDeleteHate the bastards ever since I got stuck on a multi lane one in Copenhagen. Took four trips around that sucker before I could get into the correct exit.
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DeleteOne of the most thrilling memories I have, is of during my first visit on a work trip to Sidney (the one in Australia, aka "down under") where they drive on the wrong side of the road because - British penal colony. And taking my rent-a-car into a roundabout. my brain screaming "DON'T LOOK LEFT !! DON'T LOOK LEFT !!!" good times, good times. . . . .
ReplyDeleteIn the early 1970s, at Westover AFB in MA each of the two main exit roads from the base had roundabouts about a half mile from the base. Several times when leaving base my roommate and I would go around a couple of times while deciding where we wanted to go.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been in years but back in the 70s, the Arc d'triumph in Paris had about 10 lanes of traffic circling it. I knew an American woman who was in school in London and was in Paris on a two-day trip. She tried to cross all ten lies, on foot, in traffic. They deported her.
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