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[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (12 children)

Wait until you see the magic roundabout in the UK. It's a "close your eyes, pray and hit the gas" type of place.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've seen this so often before and I still don't understand why they didn't just build an ordinary roundabout. It's just six roads that meet there. That's not beyond ordinary roundabout capabilities. Who said "you know what, let's just do a circular arrangement of five roundabouts here, that's so much better than what people are used to"?

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

My money is on "the french love roundabouts so we're not doing that"

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

No one will ever be able to invade the UK, they'll get stuck in this horror.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 9 points 5 days ago

It's really five regular roundabouts circling one central roundabout.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

That roundabout needs a speaker constantly playing Entry of the Gladiators on repeat

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[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 98 points 6 days ago (18 children)

I mean, nothing here is wrong but I have rarely had C being my primary issue when dealing with roundabouts. Idiots randomly entering the circle with no regard to other cars, THAT I've encountered quite frequently...

[–] sfled@lemm.ee 37 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Ah yes, car E driven by Leeeerrroooooyyyy Jenkins Leroy Jenkins

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Watching the shadow of the car, it takes out the top of a tree

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[–] Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Biggest problem I encounter is people failing to signal their exit

So I end up being C because I yield to a bunch of bozos who didn’t communicate they were’t going to come my way

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 76 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Not everybody is cut out to drive (i.e. to operate dangerous heavy machinery in a fast-changing environment with others depending on you handling the situation correctly). The problem is when we structure our societies requiring everyone to do so to participate.

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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 69 points 6 days ago (5 children)

C is yielding to a pedestrian, but carbrain D cannot fathom yielding to anything smaller than their car.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 39 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (14 children)

Were this a 2 lane roundabout, car d would be changing lanes to bypass car c, nearly striking that pedestrian

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 47 points 6 days ago (7 children)

My favorite is when the pink car stops to allow car 'A' to go 🙃

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[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 36 points 5 days ago

I hate getting stuck behind the "I won't move until there are no cars anywhere on the planet" drivers.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

ITT: People road raging over imaginary traffic.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Broke: Car C is being a responsible, safety focused driver

Woke: Car C is holding up traffic for no good reason

Bespoke: Car Pink is whipping around that turn at 80 kmph and going to kill everyone anyone, so don't sweet it.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Just go right over the center and see if you can clear C and D.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 33 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You’re all driving around it in the wrong direction.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago (5 children)

But they are on the right side.

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[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

When you can't see over the middle circle, I'm also approaching roundabouts very slowly because some morons tend to play Tokyo drift. And blinking is anyway not a thing here :(

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I knew a girl who was instructed to turn left at a roundabout, so she proceeded to turn left when merging into the roundabout.

Poor girl, fortunately everything was fine (she did fail, but no accidents) but that's a special kind of 'too literal' that loops back around to being dumb.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And that's why turn-by-turn navigation systems phrase it as "take the third exit from the roundabout" these days.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I love roundabouts as a driver and as a pedestrian. I do admit that the double laned ones can feel like an utter cluster at times though

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Replace the pink car with a bicycle an A is suddenly not being in the mood to yield anymore.

I was going straight once and had to go back in and do a full turn (180° + 360°) because of that.

[–] Aux@feddit.uk 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

All cars will yield to a bicycle in the UK, because less protected members of the road traffic always take priority.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

All cars should yield.

When I used to cycle, I'd just go on the pavements at large roundabouts. Not much point in being right but dead.

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[–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago

When I have a Car D behind me, it's because they overestimate my car's acceleration capabilities.

[–] rothaine@lemm.ee 15 points 5 days ago

Alternative scenario: C starts entering, A decides to FUCKING FLOOR IT, slams into C

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (13 children)

Then there is this cluster fuck of a roundabout in my city Lansing, MI. Yes they do have a full STOP sign at each entrance to the roundabout for the crosswalk not just a stop for pedestrians which would make more sense. So you have to stop then yield to circle traffic then go. The entire roundabout is useless because once you stop you lose the benefit.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Roundabouts are not just for efficiency, they are for safety. A regular 4-way intersection introduces multiple conflicts between cars turning left and cars coming from the opposite direction.

A roundabout only has one conflict for each connecting street, and the right of way is clearly defined.

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

They also change the angle of impacts to be less severe since they should effectively eliminate a t-bone type impact.

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[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 5 days ago

As the circle enlarges, the system approaches four T-intersections. What I want to know is: at what size circle to people lose their minds and become unable to comprehend how T-intersections work.

Fair play to people confused about multi-lane roundabouts though.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 7 points 5 days ago

Car C is really just waiting for the pink car to arrive so that they can slam the gas as soon as it does.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 17 points 6 days ago (7 children)

C may be right to yield depending on where pink and yellow are going and the speed they're doing.

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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Ive had the 'pink' car stop in the roundabout and motion, me as the 'A' car, to go. Like i dont even anymore.

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[–] Lemming6969@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

The hard part is when back to back traffic for 15 miles worth of cars is coming from one direction and everyone else is either too scared to zipper merge or they allow the one direction to have perpetual right of way.

At some point of heavy traffic, the circle right of way must yield for zipper merging, else face my ass aggro merging and beeping at everyone who doesn't.

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