It is illegal and dangerous to turn right from the left lane or left from the right lane, except for one area on the road where it is not only legal, but required: Two-lane roundabouts. The danger, however, is still there.
Every aspect of a two-lane roundabout is inherently dangerous and an incredibly bad design flaw with no possible means of improvement. Two lanes means passing on a continuous curve. This only increases a car's already built-in blind spot. Thus all two-lane roundabouts reduce all drivers' ability to see any car in the lane they are required to veer into in order to exit the roundabout. And in order to make that turn, drivers are required to turn right from the left lane or left from the right lane. Put in those simple terms, common sense alone shows the fundamental flaw with all of Hendricks County's two-lane roundabouts.
I'm sure traffic engineers, road designers, police officers, and others will insist that two-lane roundabouts can somehow be made safe and efficient. They are wrong. Two-lane roundabouts can never be made safe. No amount of signs, special lane markings, public education campaigns, or extra police enforcement will ever work when dealing with a design flaw that is so deeply intrinsic within a failed model such as this. The one and only safe solution is to convert all two-lane roundabouts into single-lane roundabouts.
Chris Henderson
Avon
To the Editor:
As we get to the end of the year and the holidays are all over, it will be tax time. Many of our local residents will be looking to lower their tax rate for a more profitable return.
One of those ways is to make a tax deductible gift to a non-profit organization.
I belong to a wonderful local non-profit organization: the Avon American Legion. Our main purpose is to help our local servicemen and women and their families - active duty, veterans and retired. We have a very organized and active Post in Avon.
Due to overcrowding and the uncertainly of the State Road 267 bridge project, we are building a new facility. We need local donations for our New Building Fund to continue the mission for our community. This new building will be on Old U.S. 36, next to Hendricks Power.
Please send a gift to: American Legion Post 145, Attention: Building Fund, 377 S. S.R. 267, Avon, IN 46123
Now that Obama has had the reins for over four years and is running amok destroying our nation, I am still confused why he was voted in for the second time.
President Barack Obama believes in the public sector. He thinks it should be made ever more expansive and entrusted with ever more complicated tasks. Its unions should be powerful. It should be hailed by all the great and good, and attract the nation’s best and brightest.
I am writing this letter to thank and to acknowledge the great and swift job that the Wayne Township Fire Department did, as well as the ambulance, in responding to a medical emergency in our household on May 15.
It is worth mentioning that more Americans were killed by the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last Sept. 11, than were killed by the recent terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon.
I hate dog movies. In dog movies, the good, loyal, lovable dog always dies at the end and I end up sitting there in the dark with big tears streaming down my cheeks.
I’ve not kept it a secret that I find people who dress their dogs in clothes to be, to put it nicely, somewhat more than just eccentric. And many friendly, helpful readers out there have not kept it a secret that they really wish I would not express my views about dogs dressed as humans.
Distrust of government secrecy has been elevated to an exceptional level with the disclosure the Justice Department covertly examined two months of Associated Press phone records to determine who leaked details to the AP about a foiled terrorist plot.
An NPR broadcast examines the question of how communities can better prepare for tornadoes like the one that struck Moore, Okla. on Monday. The broadcast features commentary from Michael Fitzgerald, who reported a five-part disaster series for the CNHI News Service.
Grilling is a simple way to feed your family well this summer. Start with a lean meat and a healthful marinade and then allow the grill to strip away additional fat for a heart-healthy and waist-friendly final result. Plus, grilling caramelizes the natural sugars in foods, which adds flavor without additional calories and fat.
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 15, 2012
CNHI
To the Editor:
It is illegal and dangerous to turn right from the left lane or left from the right lane, except for one area on the road where it is not only legal, but required: Two-lane roundabouts. The danger, however, is still there.
Every aspect of a two-lane roundabout is inherently dangerous and an incredibly bad design flaw with no possible means of improvement. Two lanes means passing on a continuous curve. This only increases a car's already built-in blind spot. Thus all two-lane roundabouts reduce all drivers' ability to see any car in the lane they are required to veer into in order to exit the roundabout. And in order to make that turn, drivers are required to turn right from the left lane or left from the right lane. Put in those simple terms, common sense alone shows the fundamental flaw with all of Hendricks County's two-lane roundabouts.
I'm sure traffic engineers, road designers, police officers, and others will insist that two-lane roundabouts can somehow be made safe and efficient. They are wrong. Two-lane roundabouts can never be made safe. No amount of signs, special lane markings, public education campaigns, or extra police enforcement will ever work when dealing with a design flaw that is so deeply intrinsic within a failed model such as this. The one and only safe solution is to convert all two-lane roundabouts into single-lane roundabouts.
Chris Henderson
Avon
To the Editor:
As we get to the end of the year and the holidays are all over, it will be tax time. Many of our local residents will be looking to lower their tax rate for a more profitable return.
One of those ways is to make a tax deductible gift to a non-profit organization.
I belong to a wonderful local non-profit organization: the Avon American Legion. Our main purpose is to help our local servicemen and women and their families - active duty, veterans and retired. We have a very organized and active Post in Avon.
Due to overcrowding and the uncertainly of the State Road 267 bridge project, we are building a new facility. We need local donations for our New Building Fund to continue the mission for our community. This new building will be on Old U.S. 36, next to Hendricks Power.
Please send a gift to: American Legion Post 145, Attention: Building Fund, 377 S. S.R. 267, Avon, IN 46123
Thank you,
Dave Palmer
Avon
Every year you hear people saying, “If only it would get cold enough and snow enough in the winter. Then we wouldn’t have so many bugs.”
May 24, 2013
Democrats do not live the way they vote.
Now that Obama has had the reins for over four years and is running amok destroying our nation, I am still confused why he was voted in for the second time.
May 24, 2013
President Barack Obama believes in the public sector. He thinks it should be made ever more expansive and entrusted with ever more complicated tasks. Its unions should be powerful. It should be hailed by all the great and good, and attract the nation’s best and brightest.
May 24, 2013
I am writing this letter to thank and to acknowledge the great and swift job that the Wayne Township Fire Department did, as well as the ambulance, in responding to a medical emergency in our household on May 15.
May 23, 2013
It is worth mentioning that more Americans were killed by the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last Sept. 11, than were killed by the recent terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon.
May 23, 2013
I hate dog movies. In dog movies, the good, loyal, lovable dog always dies at the end and I end up sitting there in the dark with big tears streaming down my cheeks.
May 21, 2013
Mr. President, the buck stops with you.
President Truman set that standard, with these very words posted on a sign on his Oval Office desk.
But now, with over a thousand days left in this second Obama administration, we find a Nixonian stench emerging from the “W. House.”
May 21, 2013
Rarely has the White House briefing room so resembled the main ballroom at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference.
May 21, 2013
I’ve not kept it a secret that I find people who dress their dogs in clothes to be, to put it nicely, somewhat more than just eccentric. And many friendly, helpful readers out there have not kept it a secret that they really wish I would not express my views about dogs dressed as humans.
May 17, 2013
Distrust of government secrecy has been elevated to an exceptional level with the disclosure the Justice Department covertly examined two months of Associated Press phone records to determine who leaked details to the AP about a foiled terrorist plot.
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