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New Jersey- The Jughandle State
If you don't know what a jughandle is consider yourself lucky. I have been to about 38 of the 50 states and New Jersey is the only one that seems to be afflicted with this foolish traffic hazard.
Boy was I confused by those things when I first moved here! I still remember my wife, a born Jersey girl, patiently explaining "yes, you need to be on the right to make a left"! Now I'm used to the jughandles, but still chuckle when I see out-of-state drivers looking bewildered.
I do prefer them to traffic circles though. Circles are an accident waiting to happen.
6 comments:
I HATE jughandles! I go up to NJ a lot and they never fail to make me crazy!
They are exceptionally irritating.
NJ has been getting rid of its traffic circles (and Maryland's started using them). I also believe that jughandles are getting phased out.
However, not all jughandles are bad. (But some are very bad.)
http://www.accessmanagement.gov/AM06pdf/AM0626c_Jagannathan.pdf
Whew! Makes me happy I only live in the "implied crosswalk" state.... ;-)
Boy was I confused by those things when I first moved here! I still remember my wife, a born Jersey girl, patiently explaining "yes, you need to be on the right to make a left"! Now I'm used to the jughandles, but still chuckle when I see out-of-state drivers looking bewildered.
I do prefer them to traffic circles though. Circles are an accident waiting to happen.
SD,
We can always rely upon you for key information.
Ellie,
Absolutely.
Elie,
I don't like traffic circles much either.
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