Rules of the Road

In Oklahoma, we drive on the right side of the road. That means that if one is driving around a circular street, like the one in front of our hotel, one should be going in a counter-clockwise direction. Now, if there is a one lane offshoot hanging from the circle like the tail on the letter "p", one should reasonably assume that its traffic would be headed away from the circle, while a one lane offshoot hanging from the circle like the tail on a letter "q" (as it is by our hotel) would be heading toward the circle. If nothing else, one should be able to get a clue from the very awkward right turn for which the street was not designed.

And yet, day after day, people find themselves facing the wrong side of the gate at the exit of our valet parking garage, and wind up doing the Austin Powers thing to get back out.