Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Steg Belsky wrote:

> Us USAians call roundabouts "traffic circles", and here in the USA they
> go counter-clockwise.
We Dutchies call them "rotonde" and they go counter-clockwise because
we drive on the right (as, I suspect, is the cause of the
counter-clockwiseness in the USA and the clockwiseness in the UK).
All you have to do is to make a wide left turn followed by a sharp
right turn, whether you want to turn right or go straight on or turn
left. It's best if the rotonde has a cycle-path, because in that case
nobody can touch a cyclist once he's on (and it's very easy to get
on; all the cyclist has to watch is the other cyclists). Very good if
you have to negotiate busy crossings with children.

   Irina

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