If you ride in the left lane in the US, people just bear down on you. So you are forced to move over. Those who don't let people pass can be ticketed (five car rule on two lane roads). But if you drive 85 MPH in the left lane, no one will bother you.
Tom Schellberg
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Not if you drive an European car... We have the steering wheel on the left side, you know. :-) Anders
] >In France, in general those on the roundabout have priority. They are marked ] >accordingly. The "priority to the right" rule has almost entirely been ] >abandoned. ] >-- ] >All the Best ] >Ian Hoare ] ] I want to make sure I am understanding the jargon. In France, those in a ] traffic circle have the right of way, correct? The two terms you use are ] entirely foreign to me. Maybe they are British English. ]
Tom,
traffic circle (american) = roundabout (english)
right-of-way (american) = priority
In France you don't have the priority when in the circle unless it is marked specially. But in practice, everywhere outside of Paris is so marked, so your statement is correct everywhere except the capital.
-E
You will be happy to hear that most of them have been taken down unless it is an intersection where it is difficult to see the cars coming from the left.
Did you know there is also a "left on red" law in MA? If you are on a one way road, turning left onto a one way road, you may turn left on red after stopping and yielding(as long as turning left does make you go the wrong way down the one way road). That confused me the first time a had a car beeping at me because I wasn't turning left at a red light.
Andy
And just to show a bit of variety, in Oregon and Washington and are on a _two-way_ street, you can turn left onto a one-way street at a red light (if it's going in that direction). 'Course not everyone is aware of this, so you often sit behind someone at a light who doesn't know this lovely little jewel and insists on waiting until the light changes. (And honking'd have no effect because they'd have _no_ idea what you were going on about.) It's good for scaring the bejeezus out of a passenger occasionally, too. :-)
-- Regards,
- Roy
=*=*Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain The truth is rarely pure, and never simple. - Oscar Wilde
Also in Florida, fwiw...
Thought it was Right on Red in Florida unless otherwise posted.
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And in CA - everything people said about MA, WA and OR so far is true here, too.
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And in NY. It's probably true in all, or at least most US States.
The turning left from a one-way onto a one-way I believe _is_ pretty standard. The turning left from a two-way onto a one-way is a fair bit more rare. Last I knew, CA didn't have that, for example.
-- Regards,
- Roy
=*=*Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
- Mark Twain The truth is rarely pure, and never simple. - Oscar Wilde
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