From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 19 2005 - 06:22:52 PDT
No, they are very real to the residents of NJ.
Another traffic circle article with aerial photograph
proof of its existance.
Rick
--- Nigel Hay MILWEB <nigel@milweb.net> wrote:
> Are traffic circles a similar phenomenon as crop
> circles? I think we should
> be told
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
> Behalf Of Mark B. Anderson
> Sent: 19 September 2005 15:06
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] [BULK] Re: [MV] WWII DC3
>
>
> we have 2 traffic circles within 300 miles of me and
> only heard of them
> never seen one...someone please explain how these
> work and do they give
> enough room for an M35 to go around and around in
> them???
>
> question I really need to know.
>
> Regards,
>
> mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] [BULK] Re: [MV] WWII DC3
>
>
> > Traffic circles seem to work fine, in European
> countries at least. I
> > noticed that traffic seems to be able to get in
> and out totally safe if
> > the vehicle "In the circle" has the right of way.
> >
> > Sonny
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rick v100" <rickv100@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>; "Military
> Vehicles Mailing List"
> > <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:44 AM
> > Subject: [BULK] Re: [MV] WWII DC3
> >
> >
> >> If you really want something confusing try having
> a
> >> circle. Pretty much full speed into the circle
> free
> >> for all.
> >>
> >> NJ started taking the cricles out due to the
> number of
> >> accidents and putting in 4 way intersections.
> >>
> >> Rick
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Sonny Heath <sonny@defuniak.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Peoples driving habits beats anything I've ever
> >>> seen, at least where I go.
> >>> NOBODY seems to know that when you come upon a
> multi
> >>> lane roadway and make a
> >>> turn that the law requires you to make your turn
> and
> >>> remain in the closest
> >>> lane to where you were UNTIL you can clearly
> check
> >>> the traffic and THEN you
> >>> may make your signal and safely move over one
> lane
> >>> at a time until you get
> >>> to where you want to be in traffic. That and
> the
> >>> fact that NOBODY seems to
> >>> know what a STOP sign means,
> >>>
> >>> Sonny
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "dgrev" <dgrev@iinet.net.au>
> >>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> >>> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:11 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [MV] WWII DC3
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Jeff
> >>> >
> >>> >> The planes I rent have all the latest GPS,
> >>> weather nav
> >>> >> garbage, personally I have no use for it. I
> like
> >>> to
> >>> >> follow the landscape, roads, terrain, turn on
> the
> >>> NDB
> >>> >> maybe, even try to avoid using VOR's but in a
> >>> pinch I
> >>> >> will, Kinda scary flying commercial these
> days
> >>> knowing
> >>> >> some young buck up there has his training
> from
> >>> playing
> >>> >> nintendo!!
> >>> >
> >>> > I take it that in the US you have the same
> >>> abreviations
> >>> > as we do (our system is based on yours) so
> when
> >>> all else
> >>> > fails it's back to the basics:
> >>> >
> >>> > VFR = Visually Follow Roads.
> >>> >
> >>> > IFR = I Follow Roads.
> >>> >
> >>> > It certainly does make you wonder how the
> world
> >>> will
> >>> > survive if there is ever an EMP pulse.
> >>> > Bang will go all the ground based nav aids. I
> have
> >>> no idea if the
> >>> > satellites are hardened?
> >>> >
> >>> > The way things are these days, even your
> fridge
> >>> and stove have electronics
> >>> > and will be fried!
> >>> > Same with Solargisers too.
> >>> >
> >>> > Of late, there appears to be a lot of
> ancillary
> >>> military
> >>> > equipment (ie, base vehicles, computers etc)
> that
> >>> are
> >>> > civilian spec. They won't be much good either.
> >>> >
> >>> > > Kinda scary flying commercial these days
> knowing
> >>> > > some young buck up there has his training
> from
> >>> playing
> >>> > > nintendo!!
> >>> >
> >>> > There has been some stuff on TV of late that
> the
> >>> Europeans
> >>> > have noticed that the Nintendo generation make
> for
> >>> lousy
> >>> > drivers, not better ones. You don't get 3
> lives in
> >>> the real
> >>> > world. Thus they are having to start driver
> >>> training in schools
> >>> > with lots of crash pics to get it through to
> the
> >>> kids that cars
> >>> > are not "virtual" devices and do obey
> neutonian
> >>> laws of motion.
> >>> > Not that anyone is taught history
> anymore........
> >>> >
> >>> > Regards
> >>> > Doug
> >>> >
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