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We used to have lots of them in NJ. There still are a few. We call them circles.

They're difficult enough, sometimes, even if the traffic stays on the right side of the road. The first time I encountered one in the UK, it felt like being in a demolition derby.

There are two of them in Bakersfield

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Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do something damned nasty to all three of them.

First time I was in HK, jet-lagged, I looked the wrong way, stepped off the curb (spelled "kerb" there, I guess) and got knocked down by a mini-van. Fortunately, no major damage to either party. These days they have markings on the pavement that say "Look right".

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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Ye Gods! What purpose does that serve? How many accidents a day do they get there? Reply using scientific notation if necessary.

A particular observation for US readers - from the perspective of British drivers, they're going the wrong way around the middle circle.

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There's only one way I'd even try to negotiate that monstrosity; over in rec.arts.sf.written a discussion of inertially-confined fusion swerved into hole-in-the-ground fission-bomb-powered steam-mediated power generation. One poster pshawed that and expressed a desire for an Orion-based engine. With a crankshaft. Poster then suggested imagining the truck one could power with such an engine.

Now that he's redefined the term "monster truck", I might give that a shot.

Mark L. Fergerson

Where's the other? I've only ever driven round Garces Circle.

You should try going round the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. No rules, no discipline, every man for himself, change lane at will without using mirror.

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Yes thats one experience I would like to forget. I went round two or three times trying to get to the outside edge. The swine don't think anything about getting on the outside of you and forcing you into the center. They all know where the horn is !

I have. In a Renault Caravelle. And lived to tell about it.

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The last thing we need, recursive roundabouts.

There are a lot in Massachusetts - we call them "Rotaries". Including this one at the base of the Bourne Bridge onto Cape Cod:

That one doesn't look too bad. Actually, we still have one like that not far north of here. I think the smaller ones are nuttier. As I recall, you used to have lots of small, tight ones in MA. We had them in NJ, too.

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There is a teensy rotary at the main entry to the Kaiser Medical Center in Santa Clara California.

("700 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA?" > maps.google.com)

We have folks entering that parking lot, many in a heightened emotional state. This results in lots of misleading driving moves with almost no use of turn signals.

Several times, folks entering the lot start an un-signaled right turn out of my path and then change their mind, seemingly aiming for my left fender (it's metal) just as I'm about to enter the rotary, to exit the lot. Most of the time, I'm reading their facial expression in an attempt to divine their path (lacking any other indication).

It is a "body shop owner's dream", a perfect combination of distracted drivers having their first encounter with a busy, confusing intersection in close quarters. So far, only sheer luck has prevented dents. Somehow that doesn't seem sufficient.

--Winston

The Wisconsin DOT just sent out a flyer with my license plate renewal, claiming "Crash statistics show that roundabouts reduce fatal crashes by about 90%, reduce injury crashes about 75%, and reduce overall crashes by about 35% when compared to other types of intersection control."

About 82.54% of statistics are made up on the spot, though.

--Winston

Come on, 83% of people know that prime number percentages are more believable.

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But the other 17% know better.

I find it vaguely reminiscient of a neuron, with dendrites and axons...

Cheers! Rich