Why is the road sign called "u-turn" when in actual fact we are doing "n-turn" ?

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road signs are all in capital letters..with N-TURN, instead of n-turn, it would be a chaos.

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That is so true!

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lol... nice question :-)

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Maybe the officials felt they must put it on when they see approaching vehicles.. so from their direction its a 'u' !!

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Am still laughing at your question... loll..

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Why do you park on a drive way and drive on a park way. When is it legal to pass oncoming traffic with them on your right side? When turning left!! English language is backwards and driving is sometimes silly.

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Because from the point where you start the u-turn to the point where you finish it, a u is created, not an n, to accomplish this you would have to start making the turn from the other side of the road.

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because to on comeing traffic it's U,just a suggestion really don't know.good question though.

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it's easier to say

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Oh, I get it, but it's only a lowercase 'n' turn. A 'U' turn works in uppercase and lowercase.

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Hmm...well, why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?

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do you really sit down and think of these things?

If you want to make a left turn at an intersection,and your'eon the right side do you go 1st?

lol nice question.... dude i dont know the ans..but i am giving u a thumbs up

speeding at 103, m74 at abington.?


on a second thought..mebbe it was coined by a guy who spoke broken english..."no, no go this way...U TURN."

Where is there a traffic school?

Well, if you go to the left, you are making a U turn. When you finish the turn it is a U. Also, we read from left to right, so when you start the U, you go from left to right and are in fact making a U.

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If you were making a U turn to the right, it would probably be more of an N turn, but we dont do that.

Car airbag question,?

Only in Britain and other countries that drive on the left is the turn like writing an n. anywhere else, it is like writing a u. That ignores the fact that, to be complete, the u has to be finished off with a tail, which would be rather dangerous most of the time. Maybe we should call it a Union of Sets turn.

Do they make car restraints for dogs my seeing eye dog sits up front and barks when I am suppose to stop/turn?

Because A 180 Degree About Turn Of Any Kind Has Always Been Refered To As A "U" Turn Mate Simple As That, Nothing To Do With Perspective Or How It's Viewed By Other Road Users. It's Purely A Figure Of Speech Dating Back Yonkers Mate.
Have A Gooday And A Bonza 2007 & Please Watch Out For Those "U" Turns!

what is it called when you are driving on the highway and everything looks the same?

Why you called ben2938 and not 8392neb?? Well, it's just a name given by human, right?
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