From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   >> And, it is one more convention of which drivers have to keep aware.   
   >> Visitors are easily baffled by the seeming randomness of our traffic   
   >> signalling patters (and, how it changes throughout the day!)   
   >   
   > Oh, for me traffic in Canada or USA is very baffling, because the signage is   
   > very different, and some rules are different. I've never driven across the   
   pond.   
      
   While things like signage and basic rules-of-the-road tend to stabilize   
   across the country, given time, there are lots of regional differences   
   and changes introduced over time.   
      
   E.g., we don't have rotaries (traffic circles) here.  When a small (dia)   
   one was installed, recently, drivers drove straight across it, not knowing   
   how to navigate it.  (they have since erected some obstacles in the   
   center to prevent such misuse).   
      
   In the years I've been here, I've watched our "lagging left" turn policy   
   evolve to lagging or leading -- as the situation may suggest (to some   
   traffic guru).   
      
   I've seen photo traffic enforcement come -- and go.   
      
   I've seen left turns replaced by traveling THROUGH the intersection and   
   making a U-turn (from the left lane) onto the other-bound lane so   
   a RIGHT turn could be executed.   
      
   I've seen left turns implemented by turning right onto a dogleg that   
   intersects with the original roadway at right angles to the original   
   roadway.   
      
   I've seen "reduced speed -- school zone" signs rolled into the roadway   
   in the morning and afternoon hours when children might be crossing   
   the street.   
      
   I've seen "center lanes" whose direction changes based on time of day.   
      
   I've seen center lanes SHARED for bidirectional traffic.   
      
   I've seen large, yellow (cautionary) triangular "No Passing Zone" signs   
   replaced with white, rectangular (regulatory) "DO NOT PASS" signs.   
      
   I've seen street signs that were previously all caps, in a helvetica-like   
   typeface replaced by an illegible, mixed-case font.   
      
   "WATCH FOR FALLING ROCKS" is now depicted graphically.  As is "CATTLE   
   CROSSING" and "WATCH FOR FARM EQUIPMENT".   
      
   And this motorcycle stuff.   
      
   I can understand how "visitors" could be overwhelmed when having to   
   make these adjustments while in motion.  Friends from NYC are stunned   
   by our typically exceeded 45MPH speedlimits *in town*!   
      
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