Clever Traffic Calming

Here is a great idea to get people to slow down in town. You put a chicane in the roadway. This forces you into a single lane road. The sign on the right means that there is two-way traffic through this single lane and it tells who has the right of way.

If the white arrow points in your direction of travel, you have the right of way. Don't worry about that car coming at you. He has to slam on his brakes to let you go first. So hit the gas and trust that he is interpreting the sign correctly.

From the opposite direction, the arrow is red so the oncoming driver knows he has to slam on the brakes and let you go first. If you're an American tourist, you better learn these things.Read more