To the woman in the PT Cruiser Thanks for the heart attack you almost gave me early Sunday afternoon at the Rotary.
I was already in the rotary, yet for some unknown reason you still decided driving right in front of me was a good idea. Luckily I saw you, slammed on my breaks and turned my car just in time to avoid any major damage. After we both stopped to inspect the cars, you decided to tell ME that I was in the wrong. UNBELIEVABLE!
You’re lucky there wasn’t a police officer there at the time, because I’m sure you would have been charged with failing to obey a traffic sign. Or even better, how about reckless driving? You’re also lucky I don’t care too much about my car because there certainly is a big scratch on my front bumper because of you. It isn’t “just dirt” as you claimed. I hope you find a big scratch on the side of your car when you get home.
So, to all of the drivers that know how to use the rotary, thank you. For those of you that don’t, just remember, a yield sign means that you YIELD to the cars already in the rotary. Or, just leave the car at home.
—Pissed off Sunday driver
This article appears in Jul 9-15, 2009.
I agree with the post OP, but it’s actually now a roundabout. The old traffic law, which this idiot woman still thinks exists, was when it was a rotary.
its probably the same bitch that cut me off whilst i was coming down the herring cove turnoff,onto the roundabout and she screamed at me..classy she was not,pure trash!!!!
all she got from me was the middle finger and dust from my tyres…
I blame the city – initially, Halifax did a shitty job of informing drivers of the rotary-roundabout change, and subsequently educating them on the new roundabout rules. But it’s been two years now, so drivers have no excuse. Just be careful.
Do you blame the city or not? Make up your fucking mind.
Anyway, the rotary is 100% better than it has been in the last two years than it has been since 1749. And I ride a bicycle through it so I should know.
The major technical difference which would apply to what we have now in HRM and what we’ve had historically is, that with roundabouts, entering drivers have to yield to *every* inner lane, whereas with traffic circles/rotaries entering drivers can enter outer lanes alongside circulating drivers in inner lanes. That is, a driver already in a rotary who wishes to occupy an outer lane prior to making an exit has to cooperate with a driver coming into the rotary who is also going to be in that same outer lane.
The salient point, which the lady who the OP refers to clearly never learned, is that even if the Armdale whatchamacallit were still a rotary, and in theory someone in the outer lane should yield to her coming in, in real life you’re not going to be so fucking stupid as to try and slot your ass in practically on top of someone who’s already in the circle.
And if all else fails, how the hell can you miss all the signs?
I blamed the city when it first happened. Now I blame the drivers for not learning the rules.
The Roundabout is so much smoother than that fucking ‘you take a turn, I take a turn’ shit of the past. I can’t believe drivers are so fucking stupid, they can’t understand something as simple as waiting – I travel the Rotary every day and can’t believe the stupid dicks who don’t get the simple rules of a roundabout.
By the way, I wonder if it was a red PT cruiser…
I’m back, if anyone cares. I have nothing worthwhile to contribute to the rotary/roundabout discussion.
Hey, Tim, hope you had a good vacation. Any good stories to tell?
” Any good stories to tell?”
None that are tellable.
🙂
Drivers need to read the signs – as you enter the roundabout there are signs that state, YIELD TO TRAFFIC IN THE CIRCLE. Can it get much clearer than that?
Tim got some babes.
what do you expect from someone gormless enough to drive a PT Cruiser. The 21st century shitbox on wheels…
the looks of a 50’s remake reject and the power of a neon! and it’s classified as a specialty vehicle so insurance is higher?
where do I sign!