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See how annoying roundabouts can be when people just want to plow forward in a straight line? Roundabouts are such an inconvenience. Gotta slow down & pay attention & go around an obstacle & all that shit. TRAFFIC CALMING? What's that? You know when you tell people to calm down, that only makes them angrier, right?
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There is 5 roundabouts from the motorway to my home town. About 5 minute drive. 2 of those annoy me because they were not needed and do slow donw traffic. 3 were needed and are good.
A "not needed roundabout" is a new concept to me. Are they in a straight street?
They never show the full version of this gif, where you can see the elevated section of road the driver is aiming for. Have people seriously never seen a highway overpass? Do you guys just assume that every highway uses offramps instead of jumps?
This summer, we were driving out of our neighborhood and came across a car that had all 4 tires completely blown out and destroyed. I was baffled at how that could happen, since it was a pretty calm spot of road. Maybe the police had put down spike strips to stop a fleeing car?
Then on my way back into the neighborhood I went around our round about and saw the tire tracks of a car that went right through the middle but then left the ground. The dude must have done exactly what was in this GIF!
I have seen someone back up in a roundabout because they missed their exit, and I've also seen someone enter a roundabout, and go the wrong way to make a u-turn.
How do you operate a car with multiple wheels and not understand how a circle works?
That reminds me of this guide to roundabouts and also protecting your car from supermaneuverable fighter aircraft.
I remember that part from Drivers Ed.
I'm at a bar and can't watch a video, saving this bad boy for later!
They literally made the most plow-throughable roundabout on my town. Nearly completely flat and ripe for riding. No obstacles at all
the most plow-throughable
ripe for riding
There are a lot of 'mini' roundabouts in my country that are fully flat to the ground. The point is to set the rules for right of way, entering and exiting, indication etc in a way people find familiar (we have lots of roundabouts). Just one roundabout sign at each entrance with standard road markings and everyone knows what's up.
Most roundabouts are built high enough to block the view of the opposing street to force you to slow down. Smaller ones are often flat to allow long vehicles to drive over them.
It's like he knew he was supposed to be setting an example but buckled under pressure.
On Christmas day years ago, I was driving behind a very old lady who did this. She probably didn't drive much and had likely never seen a roundabout before. I remember her white frizzy hair and the back of her SUV was packed full of presents. She got jostled around quite a bit when she hopped the curb, but she committed and drove straight over it. lol
On a school trip we were following a beige mini metro down the road.
We got to the roundabout. He indicated right, started to turn right, realised he was at a roundabout, lurched left, and then gloriously beached his car on the flower beds in the middle of it.
Once you get your bus pass they should just take your car off you for the safety of everyone.
Saw a guy do this on one that had been put in the intersection of a couple of country roads in North Georgia for some odd reason. Car hit it at speed, came off the ground nearly a foot, absolutely destroyed the undercarriage when it landed. Legend! Oil and coolant and likely fuel everywhere. I did not check the driver before rolling off as he came out cussing a storm about who put that there?
My state is installing them everywhere despite people not knowing how to drive (only state in the union without compulsory driver's ed). So it's very common to enter a roundabout and have another car go the wrong way, because they wanted to go left.
I just sit with my horn depressed until they back up. Sometimes it takes a while.
Got a few roundabouts in an old residential neighborhood with narrow streets near me. There's nothing in the middle and the curb is so shallow, it's tempting to drive right through them

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