Monique Y. Herman wrote:
It's less common on city streets marked with lanes and such, and more common on divided highways (like rural 4-lanes, two each way) at cross-overs, where you need to get past the first lane[s] to the center crossover before turning left. In such a case, when two cars crossing over in preparation for turning left meet each other, it's "natural" to stay in your own lane until you're ready to turn left, at which time both cars are in the crossover next to each other, and there's no way to turn left without going behind the other car. If a driver does this often enough, it forms a habit, which then causes a problem when he goes to the city where that's not the habit for the other drivers he meets and the lane markings don't make it clear what the expected behavior is.On 2004-02-25, Paul Johnson penned:On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 08:48:55AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:As a USian, I'm really confused by this description of turning. Could you please explain the term "tangle turning"?If you were to perform a tangle turn in the US, when you turn left, you cut around the vehicle turning left the other way, sort of a vehicular dosey-do.I've never seen this maneuver performed. I'm going to have to question your assertion that this is an American habit. It may, of course, exist in some regions ...
-- Kent