jeb@eisx.UUCP (Jim Beckman) (11/12/84)
<> New Jersey has some really horrible traffic circles, and the "dreaded Somerville Circle" is one of the worst. The main problem there is that at least two of the five roads radiating from the circle are faired into the circle (smooth curves to carry cars tangentially into the circle rather than being perpendicular at the entry point. Then the stupid SOB's never put up any signs or road markings to tell drivers what lanes should yield. It's a lot of fun. Another Jersey traffic question: when a four lane street becomes a two lane street on the other side of an intersection, which of the two lanes is correct for going straight through the intersection? As it is, you just take your choice and try to bluff the other suckers out as two lanes squeeze into one. I used to think it was smart to be in the right lane, so you wouldn't get caught behind cars waiting to turn left. But the right-on-red law makes it different - I could be stopped in the right lane waiting for the light to change, while somebody behind me could be turning right if I weren't in the way. I guess nobody ever said the laws have to make sense. Jim Beckman AT&T-ISL, South Plainfield, NJ eisx!jeb
mjs@inmet.UUCP (11/17/84)
Don't generalize all states! Each one has different laws about who has the
right of way.
Michael Steinberg
{ihnp4,esquire,harpo}!inmet!mjs2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) (11/18/84)
**** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh > Don't generalize all states! Each one has different laws about who has the > right of way. In 1976 the Uniform Motor Vehicle Code was adopted by most States. When one visits a state which doesn't honor The Code and which does not post variations from The Code, one has to assume that The Code applies and drive accordingly. Please excuse those of us from out of state that can't read your minds.