Date:         Fri, 9 Nov 2012 16:06:24 -0800
Reply-To:     MICHAEL H <vwdash80@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         MICHAEL H <vwdash80@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Enforcers (friday)
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... still applies today. first come, first go. except at rotaries (roundabouts, etc.) where American vehicle operators who don't know how to use them get in the way of drivers who do ...

 

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 From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
Sent: Friday, November 9, 2012 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Enforcers (friday)
  
RE: Traffic Control at Corners
Your China experience reminds me of the story told about the first days of
the automobile.  Among other stupid laws enacted was the classic "When
meeting another vehicle at an interection you must stop until the other
vehicle has proceeded".  If the problem doesn't jump out at you just think
about it for a minute, that law applied to all vehicles.