tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post6171366689466806165..comments2024-01-15T10:28:55.561-08:00Comments on BacktoBodrum: To Stop or Not. BacktoBodrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-84047668233313538112014-03-27T01:44:08.722-07:002014-03-27T01:44:08.722-07:00Aaargh! It's bad enough negotiating complex UK...Aaargh! It's bad enough negotiating complex UK roundabouts where most people stick to the rules. I just couldn't do this.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-53596552707738249322014-03-13T14:43:07.892-07:002014-03-13T14:43:07.892-07:00I can't even begin to imagine roundabouts in I...I can't even begin to imagine roundabouts in Istanbul. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-89168348407687724352014-03-13T14:42:32.399-07:002014-03-13T14:42:32.399-07:00Keep safe.Keep safe.BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-140977587838548292014-03-13T14:41:49.838-07:002014-03-13T14:41:49.838-07:00I bet everyone takes the roundabout slowly in the ...I bet everyone takes the roundabout slowly in the Netherlands though. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-76603202661649380682014-03-13T14:41:08.586-07:002014-03-13T14:41:08.586-07:0020 years??? Oh no!20 years??? Oh no!BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-65274467241110373412014-03-13T12:59:43.942-07:002014-03-13T12:59:43.942-07:00Yeah, I would agree: give way doesn't exist in...Yeah, I would agree: give way doesn't exist in the vernacular here!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220863323015658310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-72533387153862626182014-03-13T00:49:10.309-07:002014-03-13T00:49:10.309-07:00I, too, regularly have to negotiate the Bitez roun...I, too, regularly have to negotiate the Bitez roundabout and have had several near misses, myself. It is rather frightening and you have to run the gamut of Turkish drivers who consider anything other than breakneck speed unpatriotic! I use my female identity to counter this, but may be a little long in the tooth to do it for much longer! eljay dickinshttp://www.turkishpaintingholidays.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-67668760444010781662014-03-12T16:05:12.028-07:002014-03-12T16:05:12.028-07:00Sounds scary! I wouldn't advise driving in the...Sounds scary! I wouldn't advise driving in the Netherlands then, as they have roundabouts with 2 lanes, some have right of way for whoever is on the roundabout, but some are the other way round. Some have cycle lanes around it and the cyclists have right of way, but sometimes it's the other way round... Well you get the idea... Thankfully, they are well signposted, generally...Idskesminishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096142682173969377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-85415047017997365992014-03-12T14:34:35.755-07:002014-03-12T14:34:35.755-07:00I too remember the right of way change on French r...I too remember the right of way change on French roundabouts....and the old boys in their 2CVs who would bomb onto them regardless of the change...and the succeeding crunching noises.<br />I also remember a roundabout trap at Angers which was supposedly light controlled. You would get the green light from our entry to town and be half way round when a stream of traffic would come onto it from another road access.<br />It was like that for over twenty years to my knowledge.<br />Or the local roundabout with a bakery on it and people parked two deep while buying their bread...Helen Devriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-1140192359319824312014-03-12T04:11:15.989-07:002014-03-12T04:11:15.989-07:00I'm sure in the past Turkey followed the Frenc...I'm sure in the past Turkey followed the French system too - hence the confusion. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-4970734120829523572014-03-12T04:10:40.890-07:002014-03-12T04:10:40.890-07:00Nooooo!Nooooo!BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-2110094095886149002014-03-12T04:10:26.139-07:002014-03-12T04:10:26.139-07:00Miss Marples is only really apt now I have taken u...Miss Marples is only really apt now I have taken up knittingBacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-45566690018052453862014-03-12T04:00:38.155-07:002014-03-12T04:00:38.155-07:00Thanks for commenting Frank, I have heard a lot ab...Thanks for commenting Frank, I have heard a lot about you from friends but we've never met. I'll try and stick to your advice. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-62429126991097828572014-03-12T03:58:13.386-07:002014-03-12T03:58:13.386-07:00I worry more about bikes than cars on roundabouts....I worry more about bikes than cars on roundabouts. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-84473795483162325462014-03-12T03:57:08.010-07:002014-03-12T03:57:08.010-07:00I did a defensive driving course in the UK. It'...I did a defensive driving course in the UK. It's quite useful now I've returned to Bodrum.BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-67949864016519364372014-03-12T01:44:07.251-07:002014-03-12T01:44:07.251-07:00Oh my....It reminds me - many, many years ago, in ...Oh my....It reminds me - many, many years ago, in France, those on the roundabout had to give way to those joining it. It was chaotic for quite some time once it was changed. When I first started travelling in France, if there was an old 'grenouille' ahead of us on the road and we came to a roundabout - we waited for the crash! I think it may have once been the case here in Spain. The elders of the town definitely don't 'get' how the roundabouts work and are generally given a wide berth.<br /><br />Education, education, education is the only way. Well done you for following it up. <br />Give it another 12 and a half years....:-)<br />AxxxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-43426159960092430252014-03-12T01:02:27.264-07:002014-03-12T01:02:27.264-07:00Power the pedal, close your eyes and hope for the ...Power the pedal, close your eyes and hope for the best?Jack Scotthttp://www.perkingthepansies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-34449460471003241522014-03-11T18:26:33.503-07:002014-03-11T18:26:33.503-07:00Thanks for the insights about the ambiguity of thi...Thanks for the insights about the ambiguity of this roundabout signage. I love these little sneak peeks into you daily life... you're like a super-sleuth trying to get to source of the truth ... Miss Marples of the Aegean.Jay Artale (aka Roving Jay)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16324876270002681436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-88549392109381209792014-03-11T15:00:56.133-07:002014-03-11T15:00:56.133-07:00I am glad you picked up on this. I encounter this ...I am glad you picked up on this. I encounter this situation weekly. The problem is obvious to anyone who has lived elsewhere. After 54 years of driving here, I am afraid that the only thing you can do, for the next 20 years or more, is be a pro-active driver and drive VERY SLOWFrank Marcianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154926578243964540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-23370847022986633422014-03-11T14:59:44.930-07:002014-03-11T14:59:44.930-07:00We went round the roundabout in Bornova (the big o...We went round the roundabout in Bornova (the big one near the University Hospital) three or four times yesterday. Twice following a friend.... Being in the wrong lane meant we took a wrong turning once. I can't see much from the pillion but it still felt quite scary.<br /><br />I think the one in Bornova is pretty like Shepherd's Bush Green in London. That said, it is not, strictly speaking, a roundabout. I used to drive in London and believe that anything can happen at a roundabout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-43936810956306255602014-03-11T14:51:47.123-07:002014-03-11T14:51:47.123-07:00I've always thought how roundabouts would '...I've always thought how roundabouts would 'work" at home; not much of a giving way unfortunately and I gave up driving at home 10 years ago - do take care.Ozlem's Turkish Tablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094209697788029851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-91780277816518578452014-03-11T13:32:38.487-07:002014-03-11T13:32:38.487-07:00Mehmet Tosun, the mayor of Konacik promised to do ...Mehmet Tosun, the mayor of Konacik promised to do something 6 months ago but nothing happened. It's a big accident waiting to happen. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-6835339902218508552014-03-11T13:31:19.882-07:002014-03-11T13:31:19.882-07:00I've been driving here for 32 years and came t...I've been driving here for 32 years and came to Turkish driving after a few months driving a minibus around Rome so I'm used to challenges. It was windmills last week so you may be right. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-41874678850752970652014-03-11T13:29:31.308-07:002014-03-11T13:29:31.308-07:00I'm quite bossy by nature so don't tempt m...I'm quite bossy by nature so don't tempt me. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5049397242436569179.post-26995091624671113892014-03-11T13:16:28.110-07:002014-03-11T13:16:28.110-07:00I'm glad you mentioned this. Roundabouts here...I'm glad you mentioned this. Roundabouts here absolutely terrify me. I don't drive here anymore but it feels worse being a passenger. It certainly seems like it's an issue that really needs to be covered in driving lessons.Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.com