Comments on: Middle-class rebellion http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: none http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-140 none Sun, 17 Oct 2004 14:54:07 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/#comment-140 I was pretty sure I'd seen it in the Seattle Times recently, so I searched their archives. Here's a quote from one hit: "Seattle Department of Transportation spokeswoman Liz Rankin says traffic circles should be treated as uncontrolled intersections. When two or more motorists approach the traffic circle, the driver on the right has the right-of-way. Those circles are designed to slow cars and create a safer environment for pedestrians as well as other vehicles. Most motorists round the circles to the right. But that's not an absolute, Rankin says. Based on her department's interpretation of the traffic code's description of a left turn, she says it's legal to take the short left around the circle I was pretty sure I’d seen it in the Seattle Times recently, so I searched their archives. Here’s a quote from one hit:

“Seattle Department of Transportation spokeswoman Liz Rankin says traffic circles should be treated as uncontrolled intersections. When two or more motorists approach the traffic circle, the driver on the right has the right-of-way.

Those circles are designed to slow cars and create a safer environment for pedestrians as well as other vehicles. Most motorists round the circles to the right. But that’s not an absolute, Rankin says. Based on her department’s interpretation of the traffic code’s description of a left turn, she says it’s legal to take the short left around the circle

]]> By: shannon http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-139 shannon Sun, 17 Oct 2004 04:34:53 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/#comment-139 Oh, I'd love to hear where you found that reference - I couldn't find it in the Drivers's Guide and would be really interested. I recently did my drive test and was drilled by the instructor who insisted I would fail if I didn't handle traffic circles "correctly". Oh, I’d love to hear where you found that reference – I couldn’t find it in the Drivers’s Guide and would be really interested. I recently did my drive test and was drilled by the instructor who insisted I would fail if I didn’t handle traffic circles “correctly”.

]]> By: none http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-138 none Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:29:03 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/#comment-138 Yes, I do live in Seattle. I assumed you were talking about the concrete circles in many of the residential areas that are sometimes planted, sometimes filled with weeds. There has been a lot of discussion on this and I've done the research - if there is no other car in the intersection, the driver is allowed to go the short way around the circle. It's in the driver's manual. Now roundabouts are a whole 'nother beast. We have not had many of these here in the NW until recently - I think we now have 2, which is why I assumed you were talking about the traffic circles. It would be suicide to attempt to go around one of those the wrong way. Yes, I do live in Seattle. I assumed you were talking about the concrete circles in many of the residential areas that are sometimes planted, sometimes filled with weeds. There has been a lot of discussion on this and I’ve done the research – if there is no other car in the intersection, the driver is allowed to go the short way around the circle. It’s in the driver’s manual.

Now roundabouts are a whole ‘nother beast. We have not had many of these here in the NW until recently – I think we now have 2, which is why I assumed you were talking about the traffic circles. It would be suicide to attempt to go around one of those the wrong way.

]]> By: Shannon http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Shannon Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:13:50 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/#comment-137 You live in Seattle, right? You live in Seattle, right?

]]> By: none http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-136 none Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:16:39 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2004/10/13/middle-class-rebellion/#comment-136 It's not illegal to go the "wrong" way around traffic circles. They're not actual roundabouts. It’s not illegal to go the “wrong” way around traffic circles. They’re not actual roundabouts.

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