Comments on: I finally get it; Europe’s Right Hand Rule http://hertzlers.com/2005/10/24/right-hand-rule/ Jerry and Cathy Hertzler blog from Orlando, Florida with Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ). Fri, 04 May 2012 13:21:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jerry http://hertzlers.com/2005/10/24/right-hand-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-2316 Jerry Fri, 04 May 2012 13:21:07 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/?p=430#comment-2316 Peter, I agree. Americans waste gas on stop signs and electricity on traffic lights. Traffic circles would fix 80% of our intersections and make everyone happier. Peter,

I agree. Americans waste gas on stop signs and electricity on traffic lights. Traffic circles would fix 80% of our intersections and make everyone happier.

]]> By: Peter http://hertzlers.com/2005/10/24/right-hand-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-2315 Peter Fri, 04 May 2012 05:05:24 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/?p=430#comment-2315 Guys... To me as an European driving in the US having stop signs EVERYWHERE and actually HAVING TO STOP (and burn so much unnecessary gas) seems rather stupid. Abiding to this rule of right hand actually makes traffic more fluent... as long as you don't have somebody on the road who can't grasp this rule. Obviously, we are both biased but from my own experience, right hand rule makes traffic more fluent and more predictable. Oh, how many times have I stopped at a T or a 4 way intersection and had people not making a move, even though they got there earlier. Or how many times have I ran into (not literally, thank god) an asshole who did not wait for his turn and went earlier. Having a rule of right hand makes things simpler, even in a case of an accident. It's your responsibility to yield to a vehicle coming from the right side - and if you don't and get in a wreck it is your fault, period. Cheers! Peter Guys… To me as an European driving in the US having stop signs EVERYWHERE and actually HAVING TO STOP (and burn so much unnecessary gas) seems rather stupid. Abiding to this rule of right hand actually makes traffic more fluent… as long as you don’t have somebody on the road who can’t grasp this rule. Obviously, we are both biased but from my own experience, right hand rule makes traffic more fluent and more predictable. Oh, how many times have I stopped at a T or a 4 way intersection and had people not making a move, even though they got there earlier. Or how many times have I ran into (not literally, thank god) an asshole who did not wait for his turn and went earlier. Having a rule of right hand makes things simpler, even in a case of an accident. It’s your responsibility to yield to a vehicle coming from the right side – and if you don’t and get in a wreck it is your fault, period.
Cheers!
Peter

]]> By: JR http://hertzlers.com/2005/10/24/right-hand-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 JR Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:41:13 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/?p=430#comment-1757 Don't know if you'll see this Jerry - but if your blog lets you know about new posts - you should know that this entry of yours was the third result when I googled "rule fo the right driving". Pretty impressive. Today I nearly got Eddie and myself in a pretty bad wreck and I have to say that this whole thing is ridiculous. An unsigned 4 way stop - I can see it. Though I think first to stop, first through is a better way to approach that. But maybe that's just my American bias. But as you say the rule of right thing at T intersections is stupid. Don’t know if you’ll see this Jerry – but if your blog lets you know about new posts – you should know that this entry of yours was the third result when I googled “rule fo the right driving”. Pretty impressive.

Today I nearly got Eddie and myself in a pretty bad wreck and I have to say that this whole thing is ridiculous. An unsigned 4 way stop – I can see it. Though I think first to stop, first through is a better way to approach that. But maybe that’s just my American bias.

But as you say the rule of right thing at T intersections is stupid.

]]> By: Hertzler’s Outpost » Something funny, something nice http://hertzlers.com/2005/10/24/right-hand-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Hertzler’s Outpost » Something funny, something nice Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:41:25 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/?p=430#comment-438 [...] During the last two weeks of April, Bartek will be on his own in St. Louis. Our friend, Calvin, is loaning him his car, so Bartek has been studying the local roads and driving habits. One of his first questions was, “Jerry, do they not have the right hand rule here?” [...] [...] During the last two weeks of April, Bartek will be on his own in St. Louis. Our friend, Calvin, is loaning him his car, so Bartek has been studying the local roads and driving habits. One of his first questions was, “Jerry, do they not have the right hand rule here?” [...]

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