lutefisk
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Thu Feb-19-09 02:48 AM
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"Doyle is open to tolls to help fund roads" . . . great idea or greatest idea? |
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Once they started installing those stop-and-go lights I knew we were losing our charm. http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/39787612.html
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Sabien
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Thu Feb-19-09 07:21 AM
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Edited on Thu Feb-19-09 07:22 AM by Sabien
are rapidly disappearing. They're installing roundabouts all over the state, which can be a good thing - IF YOU TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO NAVIGATE THEM!
1. Look and Yield, don't stop if there isn't a car approaching you in the roundabout. 2. Signal your right blinker before leaving the roundabout.
Those 2 things would make them so much easier to get through, but the state is sticking these things all over without teaching it's residents to navigate through them.
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mockmonkey
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Fri Feb-20-09 07:18 PM
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6. My major complaint about roundabouts is |
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Edited on Fri Feb-20-09 07:18 PM by mockmonkey
when they are near an area that has a lot of traffic during a shift change and most traffic is going (East to West) and you're going (North to South) you don't stand a chance to get into the roundabout because it's just a continuous flow of traffic. I've learned to avoid those areas now.
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Thu Feb-19-09 03:28 PM
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We'd become like Delaware! Or worse: Illinois! :scared:
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lutefisk
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Thu Feb-19-09 05:51 PM
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3. I just can't picture a 1972 Ford pickup with "Farm" license plates with an I-PASS mounted to it. |
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People from Illinois might start calling us "fwbs".
If the state is that hard up, how about selling the Southernmost 5 miles of the state to Illinois. Can't really tell the difference, anyway.
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Thu Feb-19-09 09:57 PM
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that is one thing I like in the Upper Midwest (WI, MN, IA, ND, SD), that you can travel anywhere and not pay a thing to drive on the roads.
I was down in KS and OK last week and I was not impressed by the toll roads down there.
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Fri Feb-20-09 12:00 PM
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It would just be one more reason not to visit those places already a pain in the ass to visit.
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