[TenTec] Come On Guys

[rick@dj0ip.de]

Saying traffic circles are dangerous is no different than saying guns are
dangerous.

People don't know how to use them?
Then maybe people should inform themselves.

It's not the traffic circles nor the guns, it's the people.

A 4-way stop is the most ridiculous and inefficient thing in roadways.
A traffic circle keeps traffic moving, once people learn how to drive in
them.

The rules are simple: the car(s) already in the circle have the right of
way.
Those wishing to enter must wait until there is nothing coming (from their
left in most countries, or from the right in the UK).

73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)



-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carter
Grabarczyk
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:28 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Come On Guys

On 4/26/2016 12:33 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
>   I don't get it.  What's the big deal about roundabouts?

Well, the big deal is -- they are dangerous. People don't know how to use
them. Ironically, about an hour or so after I made the original post I had
to do an errand, which took me through a roundabout. Couldn't get through
because of the fire truck, ambulance and police cars that were there mopping
up an accident that happened a bit before I got there. 
Other than being dangerous, I guess they are fine.

73
>
>
> PennDOT made a big fuss about taking one out, at the end of one of the
bridges, a few years back.  IMHO, it made navigating the traffic pattern
much harder, especially during rush hour or after sporting events.
>
>
> Boy, you'd think they were installing one in front of Ten Tec HQ or
something...
>   
> 73
>
> On 04/26/16, Carter Grabarczyk wrote:
>
> On 4/25/2016 5:35 PM, Gary J FollettDukes HiFi wrote
>
>   >Believe it or not, there are even folks here who rant about an 
> occasional roundabout on the roadways, when they are the very most 
> efficient way to move traffic, far better than our old stand by, the 4 
> way stop sign, whose only purpose is >to impede traffic flow equally 
> in all directions.
>
> Well then, I guess you have to count me as one of the Luddites that 
> fear and detest the roadway roundabouts.
>
> The best analogy I can come up with is that they are the first cousins 
> to the Figure-8 races and Demolition Derby at the local dirt track.
> Around here, you take your life in your hands every time you use one.
>
> 73,
> Carter K8VT
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