[TenTec] Come On Guys

[R. Eric Sluder]

We have a roundabout on the corner of our neighborhood and there is seldom an accident.  


-Eric
W9WLW

> On Apr 26, 2016, at 4:53 PM, rick at dj0ip.de <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
> 
> 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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