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The Kitchen Sink
I'd like to talk about driving, please.
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<blockquote data-quote="LovebirdsFlying" data-source="post: 74452825" data-attributes="member: 199277"><p>That would be another argument in favor of the right lane. I'm also noticing that if I'm in the right lane, I have less trouble with the glare of headlights coming from the other direction. Most of my turns to and from work will be left. I suppose I'll try defaulting to the right lane until I've cleared the roundabouts, then moving to the left lane as soon as I can afterward. I *was* doing that for a while, but lane changes make me nervous too.</p><p></p><p>The main part of my route is a four-lane road that used to be the main highway. Now it's a highway in name only, as in it's still called "Such-and-such Highway," but in practice it's a suburban street. Actual highways don't have stop signs or traffic lights.</p><p></p><p>I just read that my state has more roundabouts than any other. Doesn't surprise me. I didn't think it was my imagination. And they're building more every day around here! Depending on which route I take to work, I'll have to deal with a minimum of three, and could be as many as six. There are two almost back-to-back with each other on that nominal highway, and the road connecting them is almost as serpentine as the roundabouts themselves are. Then it continues to snake back and forth for quite a while afterward, so a lane change wouldn't really be safe at that point. I'll need to wait until the road straightens out and then look for a chance to get over.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and around those curves, there is noooooo barrier between lanes going in the opposite direction. No wall. No median island. No railing. No raised bumper of any kind. Just a row of little yellow lights, Pac-Man style. The traffic is coming straight toward you, headlights glaring, most of them going at least five miles an hour over the limit. Eek.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LovebirdsFlying, post: 74452825, member: 199277"] That would be another argument in favor of the right lane. I'm also noticing that if I'm in the right lane, I have less trouble with the glare of headlights coming from the other direction. Most of my turns to and from work will be left. I suppose I'll try defaulting to the right lane until I've cleared the roundabouts, then moving to the left lane as soon as I can afterward. I *was* doing that for a while, but lane changes make me nervous too. The main part of my route is a four-lane road that used to be the main highway. Now it's a highway in name only, as in it's still called "Such-and-such Highway," but in practice it's a suburban street. Actual highways don't have stop signs or traffic lights. I just read that my state has more roundabouts than any other. Doesn't surprise me. I didn't think it was my imagination. And they're building more every day around here! Depending on which route I take to work, I'll have to deal with a minimum of three, and could be as many as six. There are two almost back-to-back with each other on that nominal highway, and the road connecting them is almost as serpentine as the roundabouts themselves are. Then it continues to snake back and forth for quite a while afterward, so a lane change wouldn't really be safe at that point. I'll need to wait until the road straightens out and then look for a chance to get over. Oh, and around those curves, there is noooooo barrier between lanes going in the opposite direction. No wall. No median island. No railing. No raised bumper of any kind. Just a row of little yellow lights, Pac-Man style. The traffic is coming straight toward you, headlights glaring, most of them going at least five miles an hour over the limit. Eek. [/QUOTE]
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