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From: jeb@eisx.UUCP (Jim Beckman)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: NJ traffic circles
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Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 10:33:43 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 12 10:33:43 1984
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New Jersey has some really horrible traffic circles, and the
"dreaded Somerville Circle" is one of the worst.  The main
problem there is that at least two of the five roads
radiating from the circle are faired into the circle
(smooth curves to carry cars tangentially into the circle
rather than being perpendicular at the entry point.  Then
the stupid SOB's never put up any signs or road markings
to tell drivers what lanes should yield.  It's a lot of
fun.

Another Jersey traffic question:  when a four lane street
becomes a two lane street on the other side of an
intersection, which of the two lanes is correct for
going straight through the intersection?  As it is, you
just take your choice and try to bluff the other suckers
out as two lanes squeeze into one.  I used to think it
was smart to be in the right lane, so you wouldn't get
caught behind cars waiting to turn left.  But the
right-on-red law makes it different - I could be
stopped in the right lane waiting for the light to
change, while somebody behind me could be turning right
if I weren't in the way.

I guess nobody ever said the laws have to make sense.

Jim Beckman   AT&T-ISL, South Plainfield, NJ   eisx!jeb