Re: Traffic Signals in New Mexico


In article <den62t$hug$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Howard Brazee" <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 26-Aug-2005, "jce" <defaultuser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > And these people cannot understand ROUNDABOUTS!!?!?! ;-)
>
> Have you seen "Michigan left turns"? It's not uncommon in Michigan to have
> divided roads that have U turns after the intersection. You go through the
> light, and then turn around to turn right instead of turning left at the
> intersection.

There are a bunch of those in the East Lansing area, so that traffic
from Michigan State doesn't back up behind left-turning vehicles.

One time I was headed north on Harrison, which is divided, and wanted
to reverse direction. I came to the intersection with Trowbridge.
The left turn there is a Michigan left, so I had to turn right onto
Trowbridge (also divided), reverse direction, and come back to the
intersection - where of course it turned out that the left from that
direction was *also* a Michigan left, so I had to turn right - back
onto Harrison northbound. I was able to reverse direction a bit
further along Harrison, of course, but the turns onto, on, and off
Trowbridge were completely unnecessary, as was the second wait at the
light.

In Massachusetts, there are a number of "teacup turns" where a major
road comes to an intersection with a side road on one side only (ie,
a T-junction). If you're travelling N, say, on the main road and
want to go W (left) on the side road, you actually turn right
slightly before the intersection onto a semicircular road that brings
you around perpendicular to the main road, which you can then cross
when the light changes. The semicircular road is the "handle" of the
"teacup".

It's a simple design, but if you're hoping to make a left turn and
don't know about the teacup arrangement before you get to the
intersection, you'll be in the wrong lane.

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Michael Wojcik michael.wojcik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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