Guus Bosman

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All turns sign.So I learned a new traffic sign today.

I was recommended a restaurant a few miles from the hotel. I took a good look at Google maps and remembered how to drive. It wasn't hard: a few miles down the road, make a right on Kennedy, and it's right there.

It was a busy 4 lane road, and I saw an interesting sign: "All turns from right lane". Once I approached Kennedy street, I realized that I should move to the right lane, which looked like a highway exit. I took the exit and came on Kennedy. So far, so good, but somehow I missed the entrance to the shopping mall where the restaurant was and I decided to make a loop, go back over the 4 lane road and just try it again.

However, left turns weren't allowed. I figured I'd just take make a U-turn a little later on the 4-lane road and then go back. But every time there was a place to go left, there was a sign "No U-turns", "No U-turns". It got really annoying and it was almost 10 minutes later before I had a chance to make a U-turn. It was only when I stopped at a traffic light that I realized I could have used any of those "All turns" exits to make my U-turn...

I reached the restaurant, a New York style Italian place and had a great lasagna for dinner.

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So I learned that these "turn right to make a left turn" lanes are called jug handles.

"Jughandles are used very often in New Jersey. [...] On locally maintained roads, and in other states, jughandle signage can appear to be haphazard and confusing to out of state drivers."

Vandaag door neef Joop geattendeerd op de website www.bosman.pl .Interessant spul. Joop en Bertus hebben door een relatie een paat kratjes mee laten nemen uit Pl, 't smaakte naar meer....

New Jersey is de enige staat waar ik dit tot nu toe tegen ben gekomen, en ik vindt het een hoogst ergerlijk systeem.

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