Musings on Traffic

[c9]

A letter to the editor in the Herald today, not written by gueny, reminded me that the Armdale Rotary (a.k.a. weirdest traffic circle on Earth) is changing its rules. It will be acting like most other rotaries, rather than the surreal, prisoners'-dilemma-esque yield-and-proceed arrangement.

First, soma haikus about the Armdale Rotary.

Next, here's someone who claims that he's never, in thirty years, seen a single accident on the Rotary. I only used it once every couple months over four years and I've seen a couple!

Apparently, rotaries merge-on-entry, whereas roundabouts yield-on-entry. The things you learn when you're supposed to be working.

Finally, here's a fun page that the Regional Government of Waterloo put together. We're getting roundabouts here, and while it's not obvious, I'm sure everyone's in total shock over it. At least, that would be the traditional Maritimer approach. :) There are even ads on the buses telling people about them. Anyway, on this page there are Flash demos of how you're supposed to act in a roundabout! What fun.

Comments

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

Any traffic construct that requires this much instruction (http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/Region.nsf/HowToUse?OpenPage#) can not be a good thing. Do the bus ads have that much text? I'd worry that people reading the sides of busses would cause more accidents/traffic than the roundabouts will fix.

[c9.livejournal.com]

It's OK, nobody in KW thinks the buses even exist except for the poor, the freaks, Cam, Vinny, and halfwitted. It's sad.

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Just reading that gave me a minor panic attack. Yeesh.