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Re: Right turn / roundabouts

To: MR THOMAS JONES <TJYD20A@prodigy.com>
Subject: Re: Right turn / roundabouts
From: Aaron Johnson <sugar@holly.ColoState.EDU>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 10:21:13 -0700 (MST)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
include boulder, co in that list of towns with roundabouts....the big
problem with them is some people are to stupid to figure out how they
work.

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, MR THOMAS   JONES wrote:

> The discussion of the wisdom and origin of the right turn on red 
> rule
> has been interesting.  I was also glad to see confirmation that the
> left turn to one way, from one way, was legal, as I recalled that 
> Michigan's
> law allowed it, but I didn't know about other states' regs.
> 
> An even better way to save fuel and allow traffic to flow at a rate
> appropriate to volume is the roundabout.  These are common in many
> European countries, but rare in the U.S.   I can think of only two, 
> one as you
>  enter Cape CodMassachusetts and one in Syracuse New York adjacent 
> to
>  I-90 at Thompson Road.   They should be encouraged in new 
> construction.
> 


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