ss55 said: (quoted from post at 20:44:59 01/04/12) I'll take redlight cameras over traffic circles anyday.
Dave2, you have many traffic circles over there in Germany? Do they work well?
Minnesota started putting in single lane traffic circles about five years ago and the jury is still out on them. The idea was to reduce the number of fatal high speed T-bone collisions with more low speed no-injury fender-benders without the cost and inconvienience of a stoplight or 4-way stop sign on a rural high speed highway.
We have four traffic circles in our area. The one in a residential area is fine. It is probably un-neccesary except to teach the public what a traffic circle is. The three on 60 MPH two lane highways are white knuckle deals.
At first too many semi trucks drove straight through the center of the circles. One with a long trailer got stuck in the mud half way through the middle and blocked off the entire intersection. The state then put ten foot high dirt mounds in the centers to force everyone to drive around in the circle. Now you can't see for more than 1/4 of the circle in either direction. Younger folks have learned to park nearby, sit in lawn chairs and watch all the near misses and horn honking.
You Europeans must be better drivers than we are here, or at least are better than I am. I'll take a regular intersection with redlight camers over these traffic circles.
Traffic circles all over and work pretty good for the reasons you mentioned.... I am not german or european, I come from Ohio....
Just as many idiot drivers here, they just pay accordingly and the cops don't fool around.. Wrong is wrong... I slip thru lights now and then if there is noone around (usually when I'm going in to night shift or Sundays but expect to pay if caught. Been flashed plenty by speed cameras also but made the choice to ignore the law so paid for it.
About driving skills, my license cost me 10 bucks (5 to take the 20? multiple choice test for the permit and 5 for another version of the 20 and driving around the block & paralell parking at 16.
age is 18 here, cost is 1500+ bucks and plenty of driving in all conditions with a country certified instructor. Then a 30+ minute drive with the license person. If you pass you get a flagged license for example, if you did everything in summer, you can't drive in winter until you spend a couple hours driving with an instructor... So, you have the best driver in the world til you stick a cellphone to their ear or they are late for work with their hair/makeup untidy......
What I see here is folks conform to the laws, back home, laws work around bubba and whatever lawyer he can afford
Cops don't waste time looking at truckdrivers for speed violations, they just randomly walk up to their truck at reststops and ask for their tachograph and act accordingly...
Don't want police brutality? Be have yourself... Bubba sticks his finger in a cop's face and says sumpin about his mama or takes a swing, they have this little spring loaded club that looks like something foghorn leghorn would use on that dog.... 1 whack'll make 3 or 4 before they let up.....
This post was edited by dave2 at 00:25:37 01/05/12.
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