I've been to places so rural that the directions are something like, "Take the third paved road on your right... Go a ways then turn left where Ed's barn used to be...":rolleyes:

Every circle out this way is dead except for Routes 70/72 and the one in front of ACY. There used to be one on the Black Horse Pike about 15 minutes before you got into AC, and that is gone too.

:o

I reserve the right to amend my outlook assuming that I stop living in NJ. I think living here and working in AC has soured my attitude toward humanity somewhat.

I had to go to Williamsport, PA once....combined Little League ballfield and minimum-security prison visit. At a liquor store there, someone in my party asked for directions and got the reply of "Down the road a piece." That happened almost 13 years ago. To this day, "Down the road a piece" is a punchline among my family members.

Oh, BTW: there HAD to have been a sign saying "Ed's barn wuz here", right?

That's nothing. In Costa Rica, they often give directions based on a factory that was there 40 years ago, a green garbage can in the middle of the block, or a yellow house, that is no longer yellow. Needless to say, Costa Rica mailmen have a light amount of mail to deliver. :)

They want to add a bunch on 9 down your way. :eek:

Where the hell in Ocean County can Route 9 support the construction of a circle? Nearly every business is right up against the curb from Little Egg up into Toms River...and let's not get into how many cemetaries are bordered by 9.

Those are my thoughts too. Keep in mind we are talking roundabouts which are much smaller than circles. But still they take up room

Perhaps they are taking a lesson from the lovely city of Chicago and will move the cemeteries.... Wouldn't surprise me one bit, after all NJ's corruption is only second to Chicago.

I resent that remark. Our dead people vote too! :D

I, for one, like circles. Until a certain point they move traffic much more efficiently than traffic lights. The problem is that drivers in the US are rather uneducated when it comes to the rules of the road and the traffic here is quite a bit denser than in places like the UK.

I love the wider circles. Treat 'em like my own personal skid pad. Time it just right to enter just behind someone, use your momentum to pass 'em up and zip out the other side ahead. :D Extra points if they flip you off.^

I made corrections to your statement above.

Have we all not experienced the wonderful Michigan lefts? That is right, go past the street, cut through the turnabout in the median, continue back in the direction you just came from, and then take a right.

Um, how about a left turn signal folks? While you are at it, try repairing the freeways BEFORE you can see China through the potholes?

I got busted in college on the far east side of Cleveland using a wide traffic circle as a skidpad for my VW Golf. Luckily, I was sober and the cop's daughter went to the same school (he saw my ID in my wallet).

He was chuckling at my buddy handing on to the upper handle for dear life. He let me go with a warning not to do it again and if I did, make sure it was dry. ^^

Flying into MEM Sunday morning (after the previous night's snow/ice), it appeared from the air that every parking lot that wasn't access-controlled had been used for this purpose ...