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Posted: 12/21/2017 10:38:46 AM EST

Our city spent a lot of money installing one of these things which I fucking hate because people are too dumb to yield.

So now they made it a 4-way stop, kind of defeats the purpose

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Posted: 12/21/2017 10:39:25 AM EST

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I loathe roundabouts.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:40:05 AM EST

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i am there with you my Asian brother

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:41:23 AM EST

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Posted: 12/21/2017 10:43:01 AM EST

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Lol

What a waste of money building a roundabout.

They are becoming more common in my area

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:44:23 AM EST

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i call it a throughabout...just put in in 4hi locked and drive straight through the centre. it saves time

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:45:16 AM EST

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What a waste of money building a roundabout.

They are becoming more common in my area

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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

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:46:03 AM EST

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someone actually did recently - knocked down a few of the solid wood bollards

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:46:36 AM EST

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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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Those that don't know the ways of a roundabout are completely lost souls when they enter one, that's for sure.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:47:38 AM EST

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That's real retarded, Sir.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:47:47 AM EST

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Fagabouts.

No thanks.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:48:23 AM EST

[#11]

I'd be real pissed if that atrocity was right out the front door of my house

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:49:15 AM EST

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I see a shortcut straight ahead. Can you fit?

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:50:46 AM EST

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European Vacation - Roundabout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgX6qlJEMc

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:52:37 AM EST

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Sigh. They gave up. OP you should petition for those stops to be removed and replaced with yields.

I love roundabouts, because when people get used to them they are so much faster than 4-way stops. Here in WA people are so damn polite the 4-way takes forever, and any inching-forward on your parts freaks the other drivers out. But amazingly enough, the roundabouts seem to work well after a short period of time. And I've done my part with the generous use of the horn to help educate those who yield unnecessarily.

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.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:54:04 AM EST

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Why is there a stop sign on a roundabout... In Indiana they are all over the place up north. I gun it through them because people are to scared and pass up the slow people.

Edit- Read OP post, Take the stop signs out.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:54:15 AM EST

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NJ had the large "circles' as we used to call them, many were eliminated over the years, now they are putting in small roundabouts, so small that 48 foot rigs can't get through them.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:54:18 AM EST

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I actually like roundabouts. Once people learn how to use them properly, they can really speed things up and ease congestion. There will always be idiots behind the wheel, but idiots will always be idiots. I was driving a boom truck loaded with 22,000 pounds of rolled roofing on it down Hallandale Beach Blvd toward I-95. I was coming up on the left turn lane to go North on the Interstate. The driver of a car full of elderly Canadians thought it would be a good idea to stop dead in the center lane, wait until I got almost abreast of them, and then make a sharp lane change into the left lane right in front of me. Having an air horn isn't nearly as satisfying as you would think it would be in such a situation. This story has nothing to do with roundabouts, but everything to do with idiots, which is kinda my point.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:54:31 AM EST

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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

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:56:07 AM EST

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If all the roundabouts in FL are like the ones in Hollywood I can understand why.
Stop signs and street lights in the middle of the things is fucked.

Properly set up roundabouts with yield signs are great if you're around people who know how to use them.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:56:28 AM EST

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Roundabouts are fine.
Drivers suck.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:56:36 AM EST

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Those that don't know the ways of a roundabout are completely lost souls when they enter one, that's for sure.

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This is me, i have only driven through them about 3 times in my life.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:57:17 AM EST

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Our city spent a lot of money installing one of these things which I fucking hate because people are too dumb to yield.

So now they made it a 4-way stop, kind of defeats the purpose

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/40454/IMG_0134-396857.JPG

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Coming soon, 100% more accidents.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:58:18 AM EST

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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

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Two in nashville I had the recent annoyance of repeatedly dealing with.

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:58:25 AM EST

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Can you pass in a roundabout?

Posted: 12/21/2017 10:59:10 AM EST

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The Stop sign makes it really

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:01:42 AM EST

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I love roundabouts. 90+% of our stop signs and lights should be replaced with yield signs or roundabouts.

But then again I can comfortably drive almost anywhere in Europe. (England still challenges me with the wrong side of the road driving

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Posted: 12/21/2017 11:01:49 AM EST

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A stop sign on a roundabout?

WTF?

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:02:55 AM EST

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They have been putting a lot of them in around here.
I like them but then again, I get how they work, many don't grasp the concept. Because of that, several of them have 2 way or 4 way stops on them. The 2 way ones aren't that bad, usually the less used side roads are the ones with the sign, through traffic can keep moving.

What kills me is when they use them as part of an overall "beautification" project. The downtown area of the city I live in took a 4 lane road that had a minimum of stop signs and traffic lights, took away one lane in each direction (made it bike and parking) and added a huge, ornate traffic circle. It now takes 30 minutes to get through that one 1/4 mile stretch during rush hour, used to be a few minute drive.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:04:39 AM EST

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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.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:05:04 AM EST

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Posted: 12/21/2017 11:05:45 AM EST

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I have, kinda sorta.

The other vehicle was doing 5 mph with a driver looking around like he had just entered a teleportal to merry old England.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:07:58 AM EST

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You've never lived life until you go full steam into a multilane roundabout in Kuwait. I bet I could have bent an AR barrel my butthole was clenched so tight.

That being said I've almost got into a couple wrecks in the US trying to drive a roundabout normally because people are fucking stupid.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:14:16 AM EST

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yes, Plenty of times.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:15:29 AM EST

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Roundabouts are fine.
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Yup

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:21:31 AM EST

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Winner.

If people get befuddled by a circle, it's not the fault of the circle.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:23:16 AM EST

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If all the roundabouts in FL are like the ones in Hollywood I can understand why.
Stop signs and street lights in the middle of the things is fucked.

Properly set up roundabouts with yield signs are great if you're around people who know how to use them.

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I loathe roundabouts.

If all the roundabouts in FL are like the ones in Hollywood I can understand why.
Stop signs and street lights in the middle of the things is fucked.

Properly set up roundabouts with yield signs are great if you're around people who know how to use them.

The small, former 4-way Stop roundabouts suck. Tiny as fuck to concentrate the stupid when it strikes.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:26:19 AM EST

[#37]

#richneighborhoodproblems

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:28:58 AM EST

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Single lane roundabouts ate the easiest thing ever, how can you fuck that up? I go through several double roundabouts often with nary a problem.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:30:51 AM EST

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OMFG, that is fucking hilarious!!!

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:31:13 AM EST

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yes, Plenty of times.

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Can you pass in a roundabout?

yes, Plenty of times.

Around here as of late they are building them with two lanes, making passing much easier.

During the summer months it gets a little sporty with the tourists sometimes. A lot of people from out of state don't understand the concept, and they are typically given a wide berth so you don't get hit when they do something stupid.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:31:24 AM EST

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At least it's not a magic roundabout.

https://99percentinvisible.org/article/magic-roundabout-circumnavigating-worlds-complex-intersection/

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:35:10 AM EST

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I approached a roundabout late one night with a car about halfway through it.

The female driver decided she didn't want to continue in the roundabout so she put it in reverse and backed through it and exited where she entered.

What is a circle?

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:36:10 AM EST

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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.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:39:33 AM EST

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Op are you in perryopolis pa. I read the article and said wtf that defeats the purpose of a roundabout.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:40:16 AM EST

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At least it's not a magic roundabout.

https://99percentinvisible.org/article/magic-roundabout-circumnavigating-worlds-complex-intersection/

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I've ridden on a bus through that. That was more than enough for me.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:41:20 AM EST

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One of the cool things about roundabouts is that they make accidents much less severe. What might have killed someone in a normal intersection is a bent fender in a roundabout.

Plus they flow a lot better.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:42:02 AM EST

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i call it a throughabout...just put in in 4hi locked and drive straight through the centre. it saves time

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There may or may not be a couple of roundabouts in my AO with tire tracks from a KTM across them.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:42:57 AM EST

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One of the cool things about roundabouts is that they make accidents much less severe. What might have killed someone in a normal intersection is a bent fender in a roundabout.

Plus they flow a lot better.

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And they save gas because most of the time you shouldn't have to come to a stop.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:42:58 AM EST

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Sigh. They gave up. OP you should petition for those stops to be removed and replaced with yields.

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.

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Holy crap, we have one of those nearby. Freakish thing ever first couple times through it. But damn if it doesn't work (music venue close by, and on concert nights whole area was a cluster before). Works 1000% better now.

Posted: 12/21/2017 11:43:23 AM EST

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http://wnep.com/2015/12/16/penndot-adding-signs-to-avoca-roundabout/

even the "professional" drivers couldnt figure out the roundabouts recently installed near me

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