Danger: One-Way Street

It seems obvious, but we spend a lot of time driving. Up mountains and through canyons. Along highways, byways, back roads, and more. We have enjoyed observing different drivers in the states we go through.

The freeway on ramps in the south (specifically Texas and Lousiana) were shocking and confusing. One had to first enter a frontage road, then cross over and merge with the speeding cars. The worst part was making a right hand turn.. because after you turn right you’ve got to blaze across four lanes of traffic in about 200 yards to get into the far left lane so you can make the on-ramp for the freeway. Luckily, local drivers seem to know their system is a little nuts and haven’t honked or been frustrated.

At one point in Georgia we were in search for a place to hunker down for the night. I made a right turn down an empty four lane road. I was surprised we got through two or three intersection-esque streets without traffic lights. Only gray, metal fixtures hung above us. I looked down and saw only white dashed lines. “Am I going the wrong way?? Oh no, this is a one-way streets!” People in cars had passed us at that point. I threw the car into a speedy u-turn and blushed in embarrassment.

Our hop on at that brought up this experience several times. I laughed when, after being a passenger for most of the trip, she drove, and immediately made the same mistake..

Despite our personal traffic blunders, driving has been good and as a general statement, other drivers have been courteous. However, Atlanta and Orlando people in other cars seem less willing to share the road and often don’t use their turn signals.