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From: prins@cornell.UUCP (Jan Prins)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Traffic Circles
Message-ID: <2245@cornell.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 20:12:30 EST
Article-I.D.: cornell.2245
Posted: Thu Nov  8 20:12:30 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 20:18:45 EST
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Reply-To: prins@gvax.UUCP (Jan Prins)
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept.
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Summary: 

>> Who has the right of way on traffic circles?

>Traffic coming from the right has the right-of-way unless other-
>wise posted.  Thus usually the people getting on a traffic circle
>have the right of way in the US.  In GB where traffic goes clock-
>wise on a traffic circle, the cars on the circle have the right-of-
>way.

Traffic on the circle has right of way in all European countries, whether
it moves clockwise or not.  This rule assures that a traffic deadlock is
impossible.  Consider an American traffic circle at "full load"  with cars
exercising their right of way at each entrance!

cornell!prins.