I grew up in NJ with its roundabouts, and have driven in England quite a few times with theirs as well. They seem to be almost nonexistent in many parts of the U.S. The traffic engineers' answer to every problem seems to be more annoying stop signs or stop lights. My observation is that roundabouts work very well in areas which do not experience a lot of heavy traffic. Those on heavily trafficked roads, in England or Jersey, are scary. If we used them more, we would be much less inconvenienced by unnecessary stop signs, and probably get better gas mileage. Safety is the first concern, of course, but keeping traffic moving should be an important consideration, too. Every stoplight just compounds the congestion. Hugh S. Fullerton Magnolia, TX On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 7:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 5/7/2010 3:25:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > The advice about roundabouts was very good. I had forgotten about these. > > We have them in New England, but not in Pennsylvania, where I was raised. > > Neither I nor my husband knew what they were till one day we were > barrelling > > up Route 2, exploring New England, when we saw the sign. "What's that?" > he > > asked. "I don't know," said I. Round and round we went and ended up > > heading back up the way we came. > > > > They are more confusing in Ireland since you are on the wrong side and > > going the wrong way. > > > > Why are we trying to make cellphoning while driving illegal and not > > roundabouts??? > > > > Linda Merle > > > > > > Come on folks--Roundabouts are better than intersections. > I have been traveling on business to UK for over 30 years and it is a great > place to drive--London excluded. If we are going to drive in a foreign > country don't we read up on laws and expectations just like planning for a > research trip? Sure did when I was in Spain and found out about the > emergencey > kits you are required to have in your car, three types of police etc. > > Just because we speak the same language, sort of, doesn't mean we do things > the same way. I also suggest you get a good mapbook, yes I have a > navigator and it is great but..., because it explains many of the "drive on > left > rules". Just remember like at home keep the driver in the center of the > road. > The rest follows naturally. > > Douglas Burnett > Who can't give blood in the US because he spent to much time in UK. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >