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41. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: Bill L <pythias@pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:16:26 -0800
Hello David, Wow, you think round-a-bouts chaotic? there is a new movement (no pun intended) in traffic control coming from one of the northern european countries (Switzerland, sweden, norway?). they
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00630.html (9,704 bytes)

42. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:27:05 -0600
NO NO NO! I LOVE roundabouts. I was pointing out that having only ONE roundabout in a major metropolitan area led to problems caused by people who have no idea what it is or how to use it. As I said
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00631.html (9,132 bytes)

43. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Robert Duquette" <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:28:44 +0000
And, I guess I should have called it a roundabout, too. This is it: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2vbops http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout#Difference_between_roundabouts_and_traffic_circles No bug
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00632.html (9,458 bytes)

44. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:34:54 -0800
We have one here. I've only seen one old man in a Cadillac actually go the wrong way, but many people hesitate before entering the circle, which causes traffic problems. ____________________________
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00634.html (8,658 bytes)

45. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Robert Bruce Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:56:47 -0800
David Lieb wrote: "Without the stop signs, this one would have an accident on site 24/7!" Remarkable as it may seem, in all of my years of driving thousands of miles in England, Scotland and Wales, I
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00635.html (8,746 bytes)

46. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Robert Bruce Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:15:21 -0800
Bill L wrote: "there is a new movement in traffic control coming from one of the northerneuropean countries (Switzerland, sweden, norway?). they have found (they tested!, they've DONE this) that traf
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00637.html (9,720 bytes)

47. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: <uniquelittlecars@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:16:54 -0800 (PST)
There is one in long beach, ca - Rumor has it - The designer died on the circle and his son did to years later. Not sure if it is true or not. Vigil Unless you have been condemned to live in the Chic
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00638.html (9,398 bytes)

48. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:17:44 -0600
Buster, et al, This is most interesting. I lived in England in the 1960s for 6 years and drove thousands of miles on Brit and European highways. My experience however is completely different than Bus
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00639.html (9,840 bytes)

49. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:19:49 -0600
The other most important fact you forgot, was that when Buster was over there, there were only a handful of cars on the road, during that era... -- www.myspace.com/tequilabrad _______________________
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00640.html (10,639 bytes)

50. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:25:28 -0600
Oh, there were more than that, Brad. You forgot to count all the ones with stone wheels. BTW, Buster was a charter member of the Druids. Did you know that? ;-) -- Cheers!! Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge Ci
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00641.html (9,661 bytes)

51. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:26:29 -0600
And lots of horse & buggy combos.... I think they'd just invented the wheel a few years earlier. ;) --Original Message-- From: spridgets-bounces+wsthompson=thicko.com@autox.team.net [mailto:spridgets
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00642.html (9,834 bytes)

52. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Robert Bruce Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:28:30 -0800
Robert Duquette wrote: "And, I guess I should have called it a roundabout, "This is it: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2vbops " Good view! (Our of curiosity, what are the two "broken" circles" and "broke
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00643.html (10,573 bytes)

53. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "guy.weller@tiscali.co.uk" <guy.weller@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:31:23 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Minor bumps on roundabouts in the UK are very, very common. The typical scenario is a queue of traffic entering a roundabout. The rule is that you give way to traffic already on the roundabout. In th
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00644.html (11,188 bytes)

54. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:35:35 -0600
True. True. Last week Buster went to get a certified replacement birth certificate. They sent him to the State Archaeologists office for C-14 dating. -- Cheers!! Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City Don't m
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00645.html (9,667 bytes)

55. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:41:36 -0600
<snip> I read somewhere that the much lower injury rates are due to the nature of collisions in a roundabout. Invariably they are glancing blow collisions with an acute angle between car paths and bo
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00646.html (10,200 bytes)

56. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Robert Bruce Evans" <b-evans@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:46:37 -0800
Billy Zoom wrote: "We have one here." Two significant ones...one in Orange and one in Long Beach. "... but many people hesitate before entering the circle, which causes traffic problems." Oh, but the
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00647.html (9,525 bytes)

57. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:51:43 -0800
They started adding roundabouts here in Davis years ago. There was an initial adjustment period, but now they are fairly well accepted and I happen to like them. As long as everyone knows the routine
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00648.html (9,849 bytes)

58. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:54:03 -0600
Just realized I misspoke!! I said there were lots of roundabouts on the M-40 northwest of London. I meant the "A-40"!! There was no M-40 back then!! The A-40 runs through Beaconsfield where one of th
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00649.html (9,732 bytes)

59. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Paul Asgeirsson" <PAsgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:55:58 -0800
Well, let the State issue them licenses! (Running, ducking and dodging!) Pa _______________________________________________ Edit your replies http://www.team.net/archive http://autox.team.net/mailman
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00650.html (9,487 bytes)

60. Re: [Spridgets] What is still there? (score: 1)
Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:57:44 -0600
<snip> Sure, Glen. Why not? You've got EFI on the bugeye now so you might as well add a hood ornament ;-) -- Cheers!! Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City Don't miss 50 Years of Spridgets at Lake of the Oza
/html/spridgets/2007-11/msg00651.html (9,672 bytes)


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