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06-04-2020, 06:53 AM
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We have unmarked crossroads here in England where no one has the right of way, you crawl across them ready to hit the brakes. When I was a driving instructor I loved to take my pupils to them to see what they'd do, some just froze in fear, lol. When traffic lights conk out at a crossroads it then becomes an unmarked crossroads, mind you chaos usually ensures...
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06-04-2020, 10:52 AM
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I don't think I have ever seen an unmarked cross roads on any public road here in the US... every public cross road down to the most desolate dirt road so far out you'll be lucky to get daytime AM radio usually has a sign... Private roads are a horse of a different color (though ones where more people than the land owner are expected to visit often have signs to prevent accidents).
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06-04-2020, 10:05 AM
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The challenging thing I find at intersections is people trying to be "nice". It's not really helping. People will interrupt the flow and regulations of a 4-way stop, for instance, by extending a 'you go first' courtesy to cars that most definitely do not have the right of way. Basically, if you take their offer, and they decide to hit you, you're in the wrong. If one has the right of way, take it, and get on with it. Sitting in the middle of an intersection waving some one thru is confusing to all involved, observers included. Young drivers get the idea that the right of way belongs to whoever is less nice. Not a good thing.
Growing up in Dayton Ohio, we had a big 'traffic circle' that was acres in scope. Wagner Ford Road, North Dixie area. Interesting place to go for driver's ed class...
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06-05-2020, 12:57 AM
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06-05-2020, 07:21 AM
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Electronic M wrote: "I don't think I have ever seen an unmarked cross roads on any public road here in the US..."
There's actually (at least) one in the sprawling metropolis of Columbus, Ohio. A T-intersection, not a true crossroads, though. The intersection of Millennium Court and Citygate Drive (both real, named streets, not driveways) has no stop sign, yield sign, or anything. Ohio law dictates a stop (sign or not) when going from a lesser to greater street, based on memory from... umm... let's say 40+ years ago. But I think it's interesting since it's near a post office and definitely not an unused road. Streetview here: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0173...4!8i8192?hl=en
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06-19-2020, 02:21 AM
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So I was working on a 2006 Lexus RX400h hybrid today. I can't believe the stupidity of the braking system. Hybrids, like the prius, usually have a totally electric braking system. A motor pumps fluid into a reservoir to keep pressure up, and pressing the brake allows some of that pressure to the brakes. It's more complicated than a normal car's brakes, but ok.
This Lexus has that system... for the back brakes only. For the front brakes, it has a traditional master cylinder. And also apparently a device called a 'stroke simulator' to either push the brake by itself or provide power assist for you, or both. Not to mention the ABS part of it, which is integral with the electric pump. Absurdly complicated. And, obviously, broken.
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I say that about PA drivers!
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