Moeaverage@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy is it called a U turn and not an n turnmessage-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it called a U turn and not an n turnMoeaverage@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredeejay4am@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoTo make an n-turn, you’d need to star from the other side of the street, drive forward, and then back up while steering around the bend. When creating traffic laws and regulations, this was deemed too dangerous, so they went with “u”. (You should have seen the options when they were using a serif font…)
minus-squaresik0fewl@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIn China they call them biang biang turns.
minus-squaredeejay4am@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBiang a U-ey is something we have here too. I’ll Xiè myself out
To make an n-turn, you’d need to star from the other side of the street, drive forward, and then back up while steering around the bend.
When creating traffic laws and regulations, this was deemed too dangerous, so they went with “u”.
(You should have seen the options when they were using a serif font…)
In China they call them biang biang turns.
Biang a U-ey is something we have here too.
I’ll Xiè myself out