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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:43:40 PM EDT
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Roundabouts are efficient. Why do you hate efficiency?
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:47:22 PM EDT
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I can one up you there
The city I previously lived in build a roundabout at one end of a 2-lane bridge which was a major thoroughfare. As soon as it was completed, a city bus got stuck in the turn and wedged against one of the bridge guard rails. It was determined that the center island was too large to let any of the city buses pass. Roundabout had to be closed again while they jackhammered the island apart and rebuilt it as a shallow garden. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:49:52 PM EDT
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wait till you see a foreigner or an old fuck do a complete stop inside the active circle, or run not yielding and almost hits you broadside  |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:50:50 PM EDT
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I love roundabouts
I also love that they quickly expose drivers who have no freaking idea how to drive properly. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:51:49 PM EDT
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I like roundabouts but OPs is dumb.
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:52:06 PM EDT
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Roundabouts are efficient. Why do you hate efficiency? |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:52:44 PM EDT
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Roundabouts are fine. Drivers suck. Quoted:
Can you pass in a roundabout? 
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:53:57 PM EDT
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At least it's not a magic roundabout. https://99percentinvisible.org/article/magic-roundabout-circumnavigating-worlds-complex-intersection/ https://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2016/03/swindon-roundabout-diagram.png |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:54:00 PM EDT
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I like roundabouts but OPs is dumb. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:55:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Next up, we have the Diverging Diamond Interchange. I've been in a few, and they are a bit freaky. They're converting an interchange into one down in Olympia. It will be exciting. "Well yes, I know part of the design makes drivers drive on the wrong side of the road from what they usually do". "But all they have to do is follow the traffic ahead if they've never been through it before" "Whaddya mean what happens if a driver who's never been through it, comes through one late at night, with no other traffic ahead to follow, so they go into the right side the way they would normally assume, and then suddenly encounter oncoming traffic head on?" |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:56:18 PM EDT
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They’re great if tards realize that you’re not supposed to stop.
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:58:29 PM EDT
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Can't be worse than the 161/riverside drive roundabout in Dublin, oh.
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:58:32 PM EDT
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Roundabouts are fine. Drivers suck. Not hard. The average person could turn right on a one way street from a yield, but throw the concept of "roundabout" at them and they become pants-on-the-head idiots. Now, if you think roundabouts blow the average person's mind, we have some four-lane roundabouts here which turn a below-average driver into a full blown window-licking cretin. Think about a person who's never seen a roundabout before, then introduce them to FOUR LANES north-south, two lanes east-west, plus two lanes within the roundabout itself. Every time I drive through it, I fear I will be killed. Not because I don't know what's going on, but rather that I may have to do battle with twentysomething Britni in her VW Beetle. She would have trouble navigating such a thing at full consciousness, let alone while simultaneously doing her makeup and texting on her Iphone and slurping on a Starbucks, all the while being completely unaware of the world around her. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:59:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2017 12:59:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:00:08 PM EDT
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Can you pass in a roundabout? 
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:01:15 PM EDT
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They have been putting them all over the place in my AO.
The police say they are successful because while there are more traffic accidents per year, the severity of the accidents are down... 
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:02:29 PM EDT
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Now there's an example of an engineer trying to be smart and think outside the box, while going full retard for not considering what uninformed drivers will do. "Well yes, I know part of the design makes drivers drive on the wrong side of the road from what they usually do". "But all they have to do is follow the traffic ahead if they've never been through it before" "Whaddya mean what happens if a driver who's never been through it, comes through one late at night, with no other traffic ahead to follow, so they go into the right side the way they would normally assume, and then suddenly encounter oncoming traffic head on?" You follow the gentle curves and the huge arrows. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:05:03 PM EDT
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I like roundabouts. Some people can't handle them around here but we generally ship our geriatrics down South where declining mental aptitude isn't noticed.
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:05:15 PM EDT
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wait till you see a foreigner or an old fuck do a complete stop inside the active circle, or run not yielding and almost hits you broadside Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lol What a waste of money building a roundabout. They are becoming more common in my area |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:09:23 PM EDT
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The only people that hate roundabouts are the ones too stupid to use them
They are much more efficient than 4 way stops Sorry your driving sucks for many of you 
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:10:19 PM EDT
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I wonder if the pro roundabout folks would be so keen on them if their local traffic was similar to mine.
Consider relying on the intellect of your fellow driver when they are either in; A) a jacked up lightbar covered 4x4 with salt life, yeti, or Hoyt stickers plastered all over it. Or B) one of these 
I wouldnt want to share a roundabout with either the donk or the daddy bought 4x4. So yall can keep em. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:10:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't know how someone could fuck up driving in a diverging diamond. You follow the gentle curves and the huge arrows. What I envision, is someone who's never been through one before, encountering one for the first time on a snowy winters night. The roads have a light layer of snow, so ther aren't any visible arrows or lines on the road. They see a green light, and have a split second to wonder why there's an odd jag in the road, making it a PITA to stay on the right side they're used to staying in, but instinct tells them, "stay on the right side". Only to encounter oncoming traffic that entered the other side 'correctly'. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:11:03 PM EDT
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I swear dealing with roundabouts is the only thing we can do right in my state.
Seems like where ever else they are implemented in this country, no one else can figure them out. 
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:12:04 PM EDT
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At least it's not a magic roundabout. https://99percentinvisible.org/article/magic-roundabout-circumnavigating-worlds-complex-intersection/ https://99percentinvisible.org/app/uploads/2016/03/swindon-roundabout-diagram.png 
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:12:14 PM EDT
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I loathe roundabouts. I couldn’t imagine being so stupid as to not understand how a roundabout works. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:14:35 PM EDT
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I can one up you there The city I previously lived in build a roundabout at one end of a 2-lane bridge which was a major thoroughfare. As soon as it was completed, a city bus got stuck in the turn and wedged against one of the bridge guard rails. It was determined that the center island was too large to let any of the city buses pass. Roundabout had to be closed again while they jackhammered the island apart and rebuilt it as a shallow garden. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:20:08 PM EDT
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i call it a throughabout...just put in in 4hi locked and drive straight through the centre. it saves time  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:20:45 PM EDT
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Can't be worse than the 161/riverside drive roundabout in Dublin, oh.
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:21:14 PM EDT
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You just have to build up a little speed.
 How not to approach a roundabout driving fail! EDIT: Beat by 60 seconds |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:21:24 PM EDT
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We're getting our first one and probably one of the first in this state! Spending $4 million on an intersection that does not need it. Fucking retards run this city now  I like them for the most part but they can have some issues during heavy traffic. It didn't take folks around here long to get used to them in any case. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:23:48 PM EDT
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i call it a throughabout...just put in in 4hi locked and drive straight through the centre. it saves time  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywiZGIvrSG4
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:25:13 PM EDT
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Haven't been through one yet, so I haven't seen what the signage looks like. What I envision, is someone who's never been through one before, encountering one for the first time on a snowy winters night. The roads have a light layer of snow, so ther aren't any visible arrows or lines on the road. They see a green light, and have a split second to wonder why there's an odd jag in the road, making it a PITA to stay on the right side they're used to staying in, but instinct tells them, "stay on the right side". Only to encounter oncoming traffic that entered the other side 'correctly'. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: I don't know how someone could fuck up driving in a diverging diamond. You follow the gentle curves and the huge arrows. What I envision, is someone who's never been through one before, encountering one for the first time on a snowy winters night. The roads have a light layer of snow, so ther aren't any visible arrows or lines on the road. They see a green light, and have a split second to wonder why there's an odd jag in the road, making it a PITA to stay on the right side they're used to staying in, but instinct tells them, "stay on the right side". Only to encounter oncoming traffic that entered the other side 'correctly'. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:26:57 PM EDT
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HA! The drivers in this area have no precept as to what "round" means, a "roundabout" just leads to more accidents. We have two or three roundabouts and for awhile it was quite exciting.
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:30:18 PM EDT
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Proper roundabout etiquette:
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:36:08 PM EDT
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I can handle a roundabout, at least the small ones they're putting in around here.
PennDOT is getting ready to convert one of our more heavily traveled intersections into a "diverging diamond". Can't wait for the carnage! |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:39:18 PM EDT
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FPNI
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:44:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:46:00 PM EDT
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My city has built at least 8-10 new roundabouts within 5 miles of my home in the past few years.
Most be some kind of in law / secret bid - city funded scam or something. That or they are just the latest fad. They are even building them along 25-35mph arterials that go thru neighborhoods as a way to reduce speeding I like them and it seems even the dipshit / slow learners are finally figuring out how to successfully navigate thru them
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:49:42 PM EDT
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Now that is hilarious. Roundabouts are being put in everywhere around here. They make traffic so much better. I think it's hilarious that the average arfcommer can't grasp the complex idea of yielding and going in a circle.
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:49:50 PM EDT
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Some years ago shortly after the 3 roundabouts were added to WI-310 (between I-43 and Two Rivers) I had the privilege of serving as road captain for our MC for a weekend ride to Door County. As we approached each roundabout I signaled for single file since most of our members had never dealt with a roundabout and I didn't want anyone colliding with anyone while exiting the roundabout. We navigated the first 2 roundabouts without issues so I decided to have a little fun with the last one. Instead of exiting at the appropriate exit point I continued on through the roundabout. It took less then a minute for me to catch up with the sweep. I think we went around the roundabout 10 times before exiting it. My only regret was no one recorded a video of us going round and round. FYI there was no other traffic waiting to traverse the roundabout so we had it to ourselves to play with.
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:53:51 PM EDT
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Imagine trying to teach Afghans to navigate a round-about, and teach the Police to enforce it. Damn nightmare.
One of the many round-abouts in Kabul:  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 1:56:23 PM EDT
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Roundabouts are fine. Drivers suck. I like roundabouts, they are much more efficient at moving traffic than a 4-way stop. But only if people would get their head out of their asses. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 2:03:20 PM EDT
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in the places that you cross over to the "wrong" side of the road, the curvature of the roadway "pre-points" you where you need to go, and there's always a traffic light at that point, so you're either driving under green lights or red lights. You'd really have to go out of your way to make the right turn into the wrong lane. (which is not to say that it doesn't happen) Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: I don't know how someone could fuck up driving in a diverging diamond. You follow the gentle curves and the huge arrows. What I envision, is someone who's never been through one before, encountering one for the first time on a snowy winters night. The roads have a light layer of snow, so ther aren't any visible arrows or lines on the road. They see a green light, and have a split second to wonder why there's an odd jag in the road, making it a PITA to stay on the right side they're used to staying in, but instinct tells them, "stay on the right side". Only to encounter oncoming traffic that entered the other side 'correctly'. Someone who isn't aware of their existence wouldn't expect a road design/feature that deliberately directs them to drive on the 'wrong' side of a divider. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 2:05:28 PM EDT
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They put one in in my rural area. Big farm fields, big farm tractors, combines, planters and the like.
They built it and then found that farm equipment couldn't go around it. The farmers just drive over it. The thing was destroyed by the end of the first harvest season. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 2:07:01 PM EDT
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They put one in in my rural area. Big farm fields, big farm tractors, combines, planters and the like. They built it and then found that farm equipment couldn't go around it. The farmers just drive over it. The thing was destroyed by the end of the first harvest season. |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 2:17:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL. This is where the drivers ed teacher took us when we were learning to drive back in the stone age.  Had an inner and outer lane. Sometimes you went around a few times before you could get from the inner to the outer to the road you wanted. 
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/422/Tallmadge_OH_downtown_aerial-396872.jpg 
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Posted: 12/21/2017 2:18:08 PM EDT
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I'm not super comfortable with driving in them, mostly because I've only ever used a handful, but from everything I've read they're great for efficiency and safety so I say go ahead.
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Posted: 12/21/2017 2:19:03 PM EDT
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You just have to build up a little speed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxHlKpRAyv0
EDIT: Beat by 60 seconds |
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Posted: 12/21/2017 2:19:38 PM EDT
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You do realize that in some non-English speaking countries those in the roundabout must yield to those entering. |
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