The neat thing about traffic circles in the USA is that different states have
different laws regarding them.... for example, in New York State, the CIRCLE
has right of way and incoming traffic has to yield to the circle, in New
Jersey (New Jersey borders on New York), the INCOMING traffic has right of way
and the Circle must yield... needless to say it benefits you alot to check
license plates-a New York car in the circle will not yield and an incoming New
Jersey car will not yield-makes for lots of fun and excitement!
New Jersey recently raised the speed limit on some roads to 65 MPH-sounds good
except that our average speed is about 5 MPH in all of our traffic jams-must
be great at 2:00 AM when you can actually move! I could take an interstate
highway to work in the morning and theoretically be there in about 20-25
minutes but I take local back roads and it takes me 45 minutes-why?-the
interstate is creaping along and it would take me over an hour!
Jan Eyerman
New Jersey Resident for 27 years (some day I'll wise up!)
bmounce@impop.bellatlantic.net wrote:
Dave, come up north to Jersey and further, we have plenty of traffic circles
and 'rotaries' (as my Canadian friends call them). There is nothing quite
like
being in north Jersey, and chancing into a traffic circle, looking to your
right and seeing a 64 Chevy with 200 lbs of banged up chrome bumper bearing
down on you, not even slowing as it enters the traffic flow, McDonald's bags
being flung out of one window, beer bottles out of the other, the driver's
eyes
wild with anxiety and his upper lip covered in sweat....
Ah, to be in the northeast in the fall!
I lived in Bournemouth for a year and found your roundabouts no fun at all,
too
tame. Import some New Yorkers and get things going!
Bill
david_kelly@ineos-a.com wrote:
> As a resident in the UK it's good to see you enjoyed the driving, I think
> anyone who enjoys driving likes it even more when it's different. However
> we like every one else have our fair share of bad drivers, no matter how
> stringent the test.
>
> I am a regular traveller to the US and lived in the southern states for
> about 2 years a few years ago. This year whilst I was there I didn't see a
> single roundabout but, as always, lots of four way stops. These were a bit
> confusing first time as I had no idea who had right of way and got some
> 'signals' for jumping my turn to go.
>
> Also the turning right on a red light was difficult to get used to as going
> through a red light here would get you a dangerous driving ticket. When in
> Tennessee I saw 70mph limit on the free way which brings you up to our
> legal limit, which most people here ignore
>
> It's strange for us in the UK as most places we go we have to drive on the
> 'wrong' side of the road. Not too bad if you in a hire car and in the
> correct side of the car, but if you have to take your own car into Europe
> it makes overtaking difficult as you have to stick most of the car into the
> other lane before you can see.
>
> Where I live in the Northern part of England hedges are not the worst
> things on the side of the road. Most of the country lanes have dry stones
> walls along either side of them, something you would definitely not what
> you would want to catch any car on never mind an Alpine
>
> Dave
> 1962 SII
>
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