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Printableabierman said: charlottegelin said: 
here is Slussen in Stockholm - when it was built it was a work of genius, but then Sweden swapped to driving on the right hand side of the road and all of a sudden it became a f*@#en NIGHTMARE! is that why you moved to Australia? I mean, driving on the left hand side.....  maybe my parents did? Although they drove on the right for 10 years or so before chucking it in. | |
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WITHTHISTEAR said: Stax said:  Im thinking Sprio-graph for giants!  It's kind of hard to tell from the photo, but that is five roundabouts inside one giant roundabout.  a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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Stax said: WITHTHISTEAR said: Im thinking Sprio-graph for giants! It's kind of hard to tell from the photo, but that is five roundabouts inside one giant roundabout. wheeeee! | |
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bluesbaby said: Stax said: It's kind of hard to tell from the photo, but that is five roundabouts inside one giant roundabout. wheeeee! I feel carsick  | |
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Tom said: People in America can't even understand that the left lane is for passing, let alone something like this.
HA I drive in the left lane...just to piss people off....  | |
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Personally, I love these things.
Sure, they are hell to navigate, but they're so... so... European! 
I just hope they put cool things in the center of them like in Europe -- statues, fountains and what not. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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the key is to take it and own it!
Get in there, take a lane, own that lane! | |
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What's the big deal? I don't even drive -or even have a license, for that matter - and I know how to navigate a roundabout properly if I had to get behind the wheel.
Maybe people who can't master something so basic shouldn't be allowed to have licenses.  [Edited 3/2/06 1:54am] "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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I just remembered... saw a few of these in the newer part of Omaha.
(they're everywhere they're everywhere!!! )
Living as i do in France, I guess i'm so used to them that their presence went over my head when confronted elsewhere. Anyway, they're very effective ways to get people to slow down, especially in residential areas where people tend to drive too fast.[Edited 3/2/06 1:52am] | |
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Heiress said: I just remembered... saw a few of these in the newer part of Omaha.
(they're everywhere they're everywhere!!! )
Living as i do in France, I guess i'm so used to them that their presence went over my head when confronted elsewhere. Anyway, they're very effective ways to get people to slow down, especially in residential areas where people tend to drive too fast.
[Edited 3/2/06 1:52am] Randomly placed speedbumps are good for that too. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Heiress said: I just remembered... saw a few of these in the newer part of Omaha.
(they're everywhere they're everywhere!!! )
Living as i do in France, I guess i'm so used to them that their presence went over my head when confronted elsewhere. Anyway, they're very effective ways to get people to slow down, especially in residential areas where people tend to drive too fast.
[Edited 3/2/06 1:52am] Randomly placed speedbumps are good for that too. They're often used here to get people to slow down before a roundabout... otherwise, you find cars crashed straight into the middle of them.  | |
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Heiress said: meow85 said: Randomly placed speedbumps are good for that too. They're often used here to get people to slow down before a roundabout... otherwise, you find cars crashed straight into the middle of them. I'll bet.
When we got our first roundabout here, it made the front page of the paper, complete with a diagram and navigational instructions. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Heiress said: They're often used here to get people to slow down before a roundabout... otherwise, you find cars crashed straight into the middle of them. I'll bet.
When we got our first roundabout here, it made the front page of the paper, complete with a diagram and navigational instructions. I remember moving to a small Nebraska town from the Denver area as a 9-year-old... and the coming of the new viaduct was the big event in town. Oh yeah, and to accompany that, a second stoplight.
(In fact, I didn't even know the word "viaduct." When they explained what it was, I was like "oh - an OVERPASS!" ) | |
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Heiress said: meow85 said: I'll bet.
When we got our first roundabout here, it made the front page of the paper, complete with a diagram and navigational instructions. I remember moving to a small Nebraska town from the Denver area as a 9-year-old... and the coming of the new viaduct was the big event in town. Oh yeah, and to accompany that, a second stoplight.
(In fact, I didn't even know the word "viaduct." When they explained what it was, I was like "oh - an OVERPASS!" )
My city's not that small really, it just likes to pretend it is. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Heiress said: I remember moving to a small Nebraska town from the Denver area as a 9-year-old... and the coming of the new viaduct was the big event in town. Oh yeah, and to accompany that, a second stoplight.
(In fact, I didn't even know the word "viaduct." When they explained what it was, I was like "oh - an OVERPASS!" )
My city's not that small really, it just likes to pretend it is. Ah, down-home Canadian modesty - that's sweet. Omaha is that kind of a town. A big town that considers itself small. | |
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Gold319 said: endorphin74 said: 
I saw this in the paper yesterday and was all, WTF??!! ps, do you often readt the MPLS paper or was this a fluke? Yes!! Everyday I log on 2 the Star Tribunes website, because my family and I used 2 live in MPLS and so I like 2 touch base with all thats going on in the Twin Cities and Minnesota as a whole!! I left my heart, soul, mind and Spirit in Minneapolis!! It isnt here in the UK where I live right now and never will b either!!! Cant wait 2 return back there soon, even just for a visit as we are heading for Denver soon!! Right now, I'll trade places with you in a heartbeat. |
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notoriousj said: Tom said: People in America can't even understand that the left lane is for passing, let alone something like this.
HA I drive in the left lane...just to piss people off.... If there is a highway fashioned after you avatar, I am staying away from there. | |
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