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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

LOL wtf. They made a traffic circle, and then said 'fuck it, they'll never get it right'

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I learned from Real Civil Engineer that these are called "hamburger roundabouts." According to the OSM wiki, "throughabout" is another name for them.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Throughabout

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That is no where near the worst traffic circle in NJ. There was one way worse near where I lived. It had like 3 lanes and a stop sign that gave priority to people entering the circle vs people already in it. I've heard of so many crashes happening there

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: the main difference between "traffic circles" (which are terrible) and "modern roundabouts" (which are much better, although still not so great for pedestrians and cyclists) is that the former gives entering traffic priority while the latter gives people already in it priority.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

And in America, there would be no difference, because over here it's "everybody always go, at all times, and give the finger to everybody else".

Remember, when you're driving, facts and laws don't matter. You're ALWAYS right. And if anyone, ANYONE AT ALL, tries to challenge that, you pull out one of your many pants guns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Here's an even weirder one, in the Netherlands:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/QU9qdriyBzTD1PyEA

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How about the people who go the wrong way around because it is quicker

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or the old people who stop in the circle thinking they're being polite by letting you go first

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There is a rotary in the next state over that have stop signs in the middle, and yields in the entry... think about that. It used to be one of the top 10 most dangerous rotaries in the world, probably still is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

There are hundreds like that in Europe with traffic lights in the middle

But our average IQ is more that 23.4 so it doesn't seem to be a problem

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Well I have seen someone that followed those instructions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJn-27RNNpU

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

This video always comes to my mind when talking about roundabouts

https://youtu.be/k7YVxLLIuGM

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

And watch out for the Sukhoi Su-35.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

There is a non-zero number of people that do this. I've seen the evidence of this myself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Cleveland put roundabouts in an old neighborhood which is very compact. The circle is not only very small but there is nothing in the center and the curb is less jarring than your average speed bump. When they first opened they left orange barrels in the center so you could even tell it was a roundabout

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I had a friend who did that.

Unintentionally, of course. The fog that morning was incredibly thick, he didn’t see the roundabout and drove onto it full bore. Clipped a direction sign and damn near grated one side of the bodywork off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

There are some roundabouts by where I live with just a paved circle in the center. So many people do just this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

They installed two of these in my town a couple years ago, people still don't know how to use them. They're especially entertaining in the winter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Me in Forza Horizon 2...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also check if you got a co driver that goes YOUR BREAKING THE CAR SAMIR

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Learned a while ago, that was actually an edited together video by a competitor to defame the driver and their privateer rally group. Samir is/was actually a very good driver and it was purely defamation marketing.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/samir-youre-breaking-the-car-was-a-career-ruining-hit-job

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Poland moment

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Wtf is a roundabout? This ain't Europe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

Great way to hit a tree, stop suddenly, and die.