What says New England better than rotaries -- and academic researchers? Peter Wallace put them together for last week's cartoon-caption contest -- and the fun began. Our winner, Jeff Serre of Peabody, took it to a new level of distraction. Read -- or mouse -- through last week's runners-up and check out this week's contest below. And watch where you're driving!
Winner: Now let's see what happens when we give them cell phones...
Jeff Serre, Peabody
Jeff Serre, Peabody
'Should we have let them use directionals?' 'No, we are trying to duplicate real world conditions.'
April Smith, Jamaica Plain
If mice can't master the rotary, how can we expect humans to?
Paryse Thibodeau, Windham, Maine
We had to borrow lab mice from MIT for this experiment, as 9 out of 10 people couldn't figure out how to get out of a rotary.
Linda Muehlig, Northampton
It's supposed to model Boston traffic. Unfortunately, the mice seem to learn from their collisions.
Nick Linsky, Somerville
Where did you say you wanted to put the toll booth?
Victor Romanul, Mansfield
April Smith, Jamaica Plain
If mice can't master the rotary, how can we expect humans to?
Paryse Thibodeau, Windham, Maine
We had to borrow lab mice from MIT for this experiment, as 9 out of 10 people couldn't figure out how to get out of a rotary.
Linda Muehlig, Northampton
It's supposed to model Boston traffic. Unfortunately, the mice seem to learn from their collisions.
Nick Linsky, Somerville
Where did you say you wanted to put the toll booth?
Victor Romanul, Mansfield
Rotaries are usually safer, but all bets are off when the mice are texting.
Beth Logan, Chelmsford
They're totally confused. I say we scatter these things all over the state.
Andrew Dulberg, Boston
They just don't know how to handle it - I told you that if we're using mice from outside New England we'd have to call it a "Traffic Circle!"
Ben Krisher, Somerville
They're getting all mixed up because they can't find the simulated model Dunkin Donuts...it's a flawed experiment.
Deb Orlando Stone, Foxboro
Beth Logan, Chelmsford
They're totally confused. I say we scatter these things all over the state.
Andrew Dulberg, Boston
They just don't know how to handle it - I told you that if we're using mice from outside New England we'd have to call it a "Traffic Circle!"
Ben Krisher, Somerville
They're getting all mixed up because they can't find the simulated model Dunkin Donuts...it's a flawed experiment.
Deb Orlando Stone, Foxboro
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