question for my euro friends

[john9001]

wile watching the tour of france i see many traffic circles(round-a -bouts) on two lane roads, are they common in europe? i do not see many in the USA, we just stick up stop signs.

BTW beautiful country france

[Bodhi]

never driven in boston... eh?

[qts]

They're very common indeed in Britain. They're comparatively rare in France.

[straffo]

Depend of the region Qts , in the loire valley there is plenty of it.


Not to make and touristic advertisement for France but we have the luck to have a pretty diverse landscape on a small country.
In fact I thing with have the almost same diversity as the US but in a very smaller place.

[Nilsen]

not very many here but they are growing in numbers

[BUG_EAF322]

many of them in holland
they work pretty good

if u team up with 4 cars u can block the entrance

[Nash]

Originally posted by straffo
we have the luck to have a pretty diverse landscape on a small country.
In fact I thing with have the almost same diversity as the US but in a very smaller place.

Quite true... From Normandy to the Côte d'Azur to the Alps and the Atlantic coast... France pretty much has it all. Only thing missing I think is the prairies. But ya kinda have that too...

[Furball]

they are everywhere in britain.  in fact, a while ago i remember a newspaper article taking the piss out of americans because of something ridiculous like 400 accidents had taken place at this one small round-a-bout because it was the first introduced to a certain area, and no one knew what the hell to do with it.

[Furball]

and just to shock you.. check this out

http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/roundabout.htm

There are a lot more than 3 of these like it says there i can assure you.

[straffo]

Originally posted by Nash
Quite true... From Normandy to the Côte d'Azur to the Alps and the Atlantic coast... France pretty much has it all. Only thing missing I think is the prairies. But ya kinda have that too...

hmmm... I don't think we have the equivalent as almost all the flat part are under cultivation for corn and wheat.

[Nash]

lotsa wheat this side of the pond, but lotsa oil too.

[straffo]

We have oil near Paris too
(but compared to Texas it's a joke )


see http://www4.esso.com/Files/PA/Europe/Petrole_ile_de_france.pdf

(in French)

[Holden McGroin]

Does France have something like this anymore?  I know you used to, but you done give it away in '62.

[GRUNHERZ]

Originally posted by john9001

BTW beautiful country france

John are you  of German descent?