Re: [MV] [BULK] Re: [MV] WWII DC3

From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Mon Sep 19 2005 - 10:24:32 PDT


I believe that in France the person on the right coming in to the circle has
the right of way, maybe that would be simpler to understand.

Sonny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hain-Matson" <flmv@flmv.net>
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Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] [BULK] Re: [MV] WWII DC3

> That's roundabout in UK English.......
>
> They work fine in all the rest of the world, people in New Jersey just
> don't grasp simple concepts, like "the traffic in the circle (roundabout)
> has the right of way!!! I wish they would do away with all the 4 way stop
> intersections that keep getting built here in PA and make them circles
> (roundabouts)!!!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nigel Hay MILWEB" <nigel@milweb.net>
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> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 9:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] [BULK] Re: [MV] WWII DC3
>
>
>> 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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