a must read for all americans

Kagen4o4 · 08-15-2005, 07:57 PM

as an Australian i feel it is my duty to inform you of what is going on outside the Commonwealth of America

http://www.stephaniemiller.com/decla...revocation.htm

richlevy · 08-15-2005, 08:19 PM

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All road intersections will be replaced with roundabouts. You will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

Roundabouts = 'traffic circles'. If there wasn't a reason to fight an invasion to the death before, this pretty much clinched it. I think they're still pissed that an American invented the traffic light.

Cyclefrance · 08-16-2005, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Roundabouts = 'traffic circles'. If there wasn't a reason to fight an invasion to the death before, this pretty much clinched it. I think they're still pissed that an American invented the traffic light.

You ain't seen nothing yet - we have multiple roundabouts which allow you to circulate clockwise on the outer ring and anti-clockwise on the inner one. Don't believe me? Then look here

Bullitt · 08-16-2005, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Roundabouts = 'traffic circles'. If there wasn't a reason to fight an invasion to the death before, this pretty much clinched it. I think they're still pissed that an American invented the traffic light.

Nuthin beats the New Jersey "Jug-Handles".. why would anyone make left turns illegal??

mricytoast · 08-16-2005, 01:58 PM

Oh... Oh god. Those are such an annoyance. You can't make a left turn and if you miss your exit there's no hope of ever getting back on the right road.

wolf · 08-17-2005, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt

Nuthin beats the New Jersey "Jug-Handles".. why would anyone make left turns illegal??

The jughandles replaced traffic circles in some cases.

People in New Jersey are, according to people in Pennsylvania, notoriously bad drivers.

We have the jughandle thing going on in Pennsylvania also. for some intersections they are very helpful. Unfortunately PennDOT keeps adding new ones to old, perfectly good intersections, screwing them up.

Undertoad · 08-15-2005, 08:22 PM

As a denizen of the Internet, which it turns out is worldwide, it's my duty to inform you that Snopes says false.

footfootfoot · 08-15-2005, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

As a denizen of the Internet, which it turns out is worldwide, it's my duty to inform you that Snopes says false.

UT, you slay me. haheehaa! gold

Cyclefrance · 08-17-2005, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

As a denizen of the Internet, which it turns out is worldwide, it's my duty to inform you that Snopes says false.

I have absolutely no problem apologising (sorry 'apologizing') for the teletubbies - please send them back as I know exactly where they may be re-sited (if I can find the inventor). Pls may we have the answer now?

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Originally Posted by Bullitt

Nuthin beats the New Jersey "Jug-Handles".. why would anyone make left turns illegal??

Further apologies from ignorant Brit, but only know jughandles to be just that - pls elaborate and educate...

wolf · 08-17-2005, 10:13 AM

Like this ...

You're not allowed to make your left hand turn at the intersection.

You go into the jughandle, and then turn left out of it.

This will make more sense if you remember that Americans drive on the right.

Sometimes there are extra traffic lights so you can actually turn left out of the jughandle into traffic. Sometimes there are not ... which is when jughandles become more dangerous than the old-style left turn lane and light at the intersection.

Other ones are set up so you are only making right hand turns.

You don't always know you're in a jughandle area ... the signs don't say "jughandle ahead" ... they say "all turns from right lane."

In this particular example, jughandle #1 would be for people who are turning right on the cross street ... jughandle #2 is for folks that want to make the left ... which now involves two right turns.

mrnoodle · 08-17-2005, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Like this ... tion.

You go into the jughandle, and then turn left out of it.

you'd turn left from the jughandle rather than turn right from the main street? how does that save time/congestion?

Cyclefrance · 08-17-2005, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Like this ...

You're not allowed to make your left hand turn at the intersection.

You go into the jughandle, and then turn left out of it.

Thanks Wolf - this has left me somewhat in awe of your road research gurus. Initially it looks like a good idea but then the designers get carried away. Isn't #1 for turning left though, and #2 for turning right?

Any incidents of a double jug-handle, where say, as in #1, there is a return handle so that the motorist who mistakenly turned right when he didn't mean to has another handle to his left (placed a short way along after entering the first handle) which pemits him to return to the original highway but a little further on....... just an idea....

jinx · 08-17-2005, 11:23 AM

I don't mind jug handles, and actually was made fun of for years because I would pull into a parking lot and then use the light at the exit to cross over onto my moms street - making my own jug handle, and avoiding sitting at the light for 12 years in Delaware county traffic trying to make a left turn. A better option: a left turn arrow. Seems like an extra bulb on the traffic light would be cheaper and easier than all that extra pavement, but what do I know... We don't have traffic out here in Elverson, much less traffic circles.

mricytoast · 08-15-2005, 08:40 PM

I was really hoping that this letter was true. Why'd you have to ruin my fantasy, Undertoad?

Undertoad · 08-15-2005, 08:43 PM

Oh it's true alright. Just not Cleese's.

08-17-2005, 10:13 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Like this ... You're not allowed to make your left hand turn at the intersection. You go into the jughandle, and then turn left out of it. This will make more sense if you remember that Americans drive on the right. Sometimes there are extra traffic lights so you can actually turn left out of the jughandle into traffic. Sometimes there are not ... which is when jughandles become more dangerous than the old-style left turn lane and light at the intersection. Other ones are set up so you are only making right hand turns. You don't always know you're in a jughandle area ... the signs don't say "jughandle ahead" ... they say "all turns from right lane." In this particular example, jughandle #1 would be for people who are turning right on the cross street ... jughandle #2 is for folks that want to make the left ... which now involves two right turns. Attached Images __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 08-17-2005 at 10:16 AM.

08-17-2005, 11:23 AM	#13
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I don't mind jug handles, and actually was made fun of for years because I would pull into a parking lot and then use the light at the exit to cross over onto my moms street - making my own jug handle, and avoiding sitting at the light for 12 years in Delaware county traffic trying to make a left turn. A better option: a left turn arrow. Seems like an extra bulb on the traffic light would be cheaper and easier than all that extra pavement, but what do I know... We don't have traffic out here in Elverson, much less traffic circles. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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08-15-2005, 07:57 PM	#1
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	a must read for all americans as an Australian i feel it is my duty to inform you of what is going on outside the Commonwealth of America http://www.stephaniemiller.com/decla...revocation.htm

08-16-2005, 01:58 PM	#5
mricytoast Drawn Druid Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 32	Oh... Oh god. Those are such an annoyance. You can't make a left turn and if you miss your exit there's no hope of ever getting back on the right road.

08-15-2005, 08:22 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	As a denizen of the Internet, which it turns out is worldwide, it's my duty to inform you that Snopes says false.

08-15-2005, 08:40 PM	#14
mricytoast Drawn Druid Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 32	I was really hoping that this letter was true. Why'd you have to ruin my fantasy, Undertoad?

08-15-2005, 08:43 PM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh it's true alright. Just not Cleese's.

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