On the Bottom Half

'Heralding' the entrance of roundabouts.

After another inexplicable pile of drivel extruded from the mouth of a roundabout skeptic, this time in Bragg Creek, I've been formally motivated to write a Letter to the Editor of the Calgary Herald.

Here's the full text I sent. It's more than 250 words and the Editor has rights to edit it to fit into the paper. You'll have to let me know if it turns up in print.


Re: Roundabouts in Alberta

Two recent articles discussing the fears of implementation of roundabouts, one near Sylvan Lake and now one near Bragg Creek, have frankly befuddled me. As an expat student adjusted to life in Australia and the prolific usage of roundabouts here I can't comprehend the inflexibility of Albertan drivers, seemingly incapable of learning the mechanics of a new traffic control device. When did we leave our brains, organs so fantastically, indeed, so staggeringly capable of learning, behind? If you've become divorced of your ability to learn something new since Registries issued you the licence in your wallet, get off the roads and preserve us from your ineptitude. Or, pay attention because here's your lesson: Yield to the left and to cars already in the roundabout. Whew, I'm exhausted after that.

posted by Kyle @ 11:20