Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

>
> Not much anymore, though still found in older cities.  Given the way we
> drive here, they would be a definite hazard nowadays. But fun to navigate on
> a motorcycle! When we began building many 4-lane and divided highways after
> WW II, they were replaced by the cloverleaf intersection. That confused a
> lot of people at first (turn right to go left??), but it's second nature
> now.
>
>
Sound a bit like driving in the CBD (of Melbourne (which has no r in
pronunciation)). The intersections look like normal, except that there
are trams running through the middle, a big yellow thing to the right
(the middle of the road), and a tramstop after it. But to turn right,
you have to go left, so that you don't delay trams, then drive as if you
came from that road (i.e., when the lights change). They're called
hook-turns.

Tristan


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