[BITList] Traffic Roundabouts Spread in U.S. - NYTimes.com

[HUGH]

Mike,

>From what I read, it's all a pinko commie Muslim plot to subvert Mom's apple pie. I recall being in the passenger seat when my sister drove 4 of us north to Durness via Inverness one day a few years back.  Margaret went to the US in 1956 and still lives there.  All the way I suffered shrieks of,  "I hate these circles", "I hate these single track roads".  After a time I suffered them from the back seat, after being ejected from the front for uncivil langage.  Entering Inverness - a place I had visited only once, back in the 50s when it was a one-horse town, sort of - we encountered five roundabouts in quick succession. I recall we went round a couple twice before I took command and directed us into a supermarket carpark.  After a bit of shopping therapy while I scouted the way ahead, we went on.  Basically as with the people in the report, she refused to come to terms with them.

Hugh.  
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