turn out right

[carole crompton]

All of these discussions remind me of a trip to visit friends in
Loafer's Glory, North Carolina, (about 1977),  I asked directions from
some old folks who told me to "turn out right" at the next
intersection.  I was lost for hours--apparently "turn out right"  meant
make a left turn.

On Wednesday, September 21, 2005, at 07:10 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> We now have two conflicting descriptions of a "jug handle" turn.  In
> the earlier, one pulled off to the right *before* the intersection,
> and turned *left*:
>> I thought a "jug handle turn" was where, if you wanted to turn
>> left, you first
>> got into the rightmost lane, and then exited into a small-radius
>> pull-off
>> that directed you directly leftward to your original direction,
>> usually
>> with a traffic light or other signal.  This way, you crossed at a
>> right angle
>> to your original direction of travel, and once across your
>> lane(s), you could
>> proceed straight ahead (making what would have been a left turn), or
>> could
>> turn left from there (making what would have been a U-turn).
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> At 9/21/2005 09:39 AM, James Smith wrote:
>> A jug-handle turn is a mini
>> off-ramp, a structure built as part of the road
>> system: you go through the intersection, turn RIGHT
>> into the "jug handle" and keep turning right through
>> 270 degrees, ending up on the desired street and
>> heading the same direction as though having made a
>> left turn. You still need to cross the road you
>> started from, but there is usually a traffic light to
>> facilitate that.
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