And in NJ, it appears that it's just one long, seemingly endless, right turn: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/n...ch-new-jerseys-jughandle-turns-is-backed.html
That picture shows both kinds of NJ jughandles - one where you turn right before the intersection in order to make a left turn somewhere else, and the one where you just keep on turning right until it is a left. Any rational person can see that the space occupied by all that would easily fit a roundabout where no one stops and everyone can make whatever turn (or not) they desire.
never seen a thread get derailed in such few posts. now were are talking about BJs and love handles???
I hate roundabouts. people in the US have 0 clue how to navigate them, and in high traffic areas, they are accident magnets.
bringing us back to the thread...I just found the original 2012 article...which indicates who started the mess... http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/kids-14-longer-referee-soccer-28630/
There are fewer accidents in roundabouts than in the controlled intersections they replaced, and the seriousness of the accidents is reduced - fatalities are cut by 90%.
This is also perhaps an example of why labor laws took hold. It's because most 14-year-old children do not understand the definition of such terms like "independent contractor." They may very well not understand that they have the right to say "no" to an adult tournament assignor the way you or I might. Additionally, the idea of using 13 and 14-year-olds on match after match is something I am less comfortable with than I used to be... Certainly when I was 13 years old and officiating 10 games all day at a tournament, I was not aware of risks surrounding hydration, UV radiation, and heatstroke as I am now.
Yeah? How many adult referees have no clue what being an independent contractor means? We get referees filing unemployment claims, saying that they 'work for USSF.' YMMV, but around here, the issue is youth referees bugging assignors to do more games per day at summer tournaments, not the other way around. Helicopter parent, in this case, which also isn't that unusual, given the number of times I see youth referee registration forms with what is clearly their parents' e-mail address. I even see forms where the parent says that they signed the form for their child. Yeah, is Johnny really interested in refereeing or is this Mom and Dad's idea? But once you show them the money, it's Katie, bar the door. Not a youth, but I was just discussing with a major local assignor handling an adult grade 8 who has been quite vociferous that he should be getting more centers than lines, just like [fill in name of referee] who is a grade 5! Yes, he has been told that he's an eight, not a five and that does have assigning implications, but he doesn't want to listen. So, now he's not going to be doing lines in the assignor's leagues........... Sorry, I've just had my fill recently of referees who feel entitled and have very little to feel entitled about.
Some referees feel entitled to be respected when they work really hard and do their best. They last about 5 years tops, and leave when they realize it's not about how much work you put in.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...it seems Indiana may be addressing this... http://www.theindychannel.com/news/...-dream-after-indiana-house-passes-senate-bill