General Road and Highway Discussion

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Lol...they're also wrong...like they'll explain the 12 meter standard using all the right statements--that there needs to be enough room for a vehicle to stop outside the circle to not block traffic, but to wait for people crossing--and while we all like to joke about oversized SUVs...even the largest vehicles in Canada are not 12 meters long.

Ahh...sometimes I miss going to those meeting...it was fun to have to care about technical details...

Speaking of blocking traffic & roundabouts. In New Zealand (as everywhere else), traffic in the roundabout usually has priority to traffic not in the roundabout. However, there seems to be this weird exception. There are two kinds of pedestrian crossings: ones with orange balls posted above the crossing and ones without. The ones without, well, you're kind of on your own as a pedestrian. But if there is an orange ball, pedestrians have absolute priority, even to the point that cars in roundabouts have to wait for pedestrians before they can exit the roundabout.