left right stuff

[Jonathan Lighter]

No, no. If you're on a four-lane highway, and, as you say, you turn left, then turn right, you end up going in your original direction, parallel to your original path, either in an oncoming lane or on a different highway that quickly takes you to God knows where.  Neither result is recommended.

Better is to start right out on a road with a route routing left of the right route, then make a right onto the right route, having left the left route road.This will route you right without a left. Right ?

JL

"Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU> wrote:
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>>> >> 17. The left turn is simple. If you want to turn left, go a 1/4 of
>>> a mile
>>> >> past your turn, get to the left, then make a left, then make a right.
>>> >> NOW you have gone left.

What am I missing? It seems to me that if you turn left (as your
originally intended), then turn right, you have in fact turned right,
not left.

Thanks,
Bethany

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