Vorlon enigmas

[phazedout]

traffic jams? HA!

Oh, sure! There's the parking lot affectionately known as I-4 and the ONE road I can use to get home becomes a parking lot at the smallest fender-bender.

Of course, it's *always* a tourist's fault! <g>

Jan

oh please, I live roughly 11 km from Dublin city centre, IF I leave after 07:15 in the mornign the least amount of time it takes me to get in is an hour and a half. A motorway which cuts across the city routinely has 8 mile, non-moving for 20 mins at a time, tailbacks.

8 lane highways you have, honestly, you don't know you're born
Phaze,
on the "grumpy old man" ID

[AaronB]

Oh, sure! There's the parking lot affectionately known as I-4 and the ONE road I can use to get home becomes a parking lot at the smallest fender-bender.

Of course, it's *always* a tourist's fault! <g>

Jan

Jan, next time you are up this way I would be happy to show you some of the parking lots in the NYC area

[Jan]

Thanks, TB...but I grew up in Chicago and saw plenty of them. I can understand it in huge cities that simply ran out of room but in an area like this, it's just poor planning. But I get a few pages read now and then which saves my blood pressure.

Jan

[Spoo Junky]

I just got back from a vacation in Paris (my first time in Europe). After seeing the streets there, ours seem so tame. I can't believe I didn't see an accident - very unusual intersections and roundabouts

When I first arrived and we were getting a ride to our hotel, I wondered what I had gotten myself into. Luckily we didn't have to drive - just look 360 degrees before crossing. After a few days I got used to it (sort of), but I'm sure glad to be home. Makes me appreciate our streets more

[SpooRancher]

I just got back from a vacation in Paris (my first time in Europe). After seeing the streets there, ours seem so tame. I can't believe I didn't see an accident - very unusual intersections and roundabouts

When I first arrived and we were getting a ride to our hotel, I wondered what I had gotten myself into. Luckily we didn't have to drive - just look 360 degrees before crossing. After a few days I got used to it (sort of), but I'm sure glad to be home. Makes me appreciate our streets more

You can find a lot of those wonderful "roundabouts" in New Jersey as well, one of the reasons I tend to stay away from there.

[spikey thing]

what is wrong with roundabouts?

Nothing that a good bulldozer couldn't fix!

[SpooRancher]

what is wrong with roundabouts?

Nothing that a good bulldozer couldn't fix!

Roundabouts, in traffic terms, called "Circles" in America, are where instead of intersections, you have the roads all merging into a circle around a central grassy area or monument. All roads merge into a circle, clockwise in England and "left-side-driving" countries, counterclockwise in America. Traffic is "theoretically" less slowed, but all of the merging and threading is often difficult (apparantly by the number of accidents I have witnessed at these formations) for people to wrap their brains around.