I hate traffic circles

2008-09-19 03:20:00

#51

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6867|'Murka

haffeysucks wrote:
they ARE called roundabouts, hurri is just from DC

That explains it. They've got those damn things all over the place here. Traffic sucks and more than half the people don't know how to drive for shit...not to mention the massive number of immigrants who don't bother to learn US traffic rules and drive like they're still in their old country.

Personally, I'd hate to learn to drive here. Hell, I've driven for over 20 years, in many large metropolitan areas both in the US and abroad...and DC is the worst I've seen, bar none.

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2008-09-19 05:10:11

#52

Switch: Knee Deep In Clunge; +489|6919|Tyne & Wear, England

usmarine wrote:
M.O.A.B wrote:
I didn't know there were roundabouts in America
i drive through four on the way to work

You're supposed to drive around them not through them, tard.

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2008-09-19 05:16:57

#53

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7148

None of those shitty circles in NYC.

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2008-09-19 06:14:12

#54

BlackKoala: Member; +215|6781

I drive through an 8-road circle every few days. I hate it because people are fucking morons.

2008-09-19 06:39:00

#55

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6653|Winland

In the town here, with about 10k people, we have OVER TWENTY roundabouts! And it goes on like that over most of the island. They recently made one in a little village with a school of 70 pupils and 350 people living there.

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2008-09-19 07:04:59

#56

bob9f6: Member; +11|6444|A sea above the map of Tassie

Yeah I prefer to sit at traffic lights for 10min and pick my nose.

2008-09-19 07:07:16

#57

Rosse_modest: Member; +76|7232|Antwerp, Flanders

FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
We have tons of roundabouts over here. Although multi lane ones are rare. You only have to signal once here and that's when you're leaving the roundabout.

Did they change the traffic regulation recently then? Because when I did my theoretical and practical exams a few years back I still had to signal right when driving onto one. Which is ridiculous of course since the only direction you can go is right, unless you're looking for a head on collision.

2008-09-19 07:09:09

#58

Rosse_modest: Member; +76|7232|Antwerp, Flanders

KILLSWITCH wrote:
You're supposed to drive around them not through them, tard.

I suppose you could drive through them depending on what car you're in and what they've put in the center.

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2008-09-19 07:12:36

#59

^*AlphA*^: F*ckers; +3,135|7194|The Hague, Netherlands

Rosse_modest wrote:
FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
We have tons of roundabouts over here. Although multi lane ones are rare. You only have to signal once here and that's when you're leaving the roundabout.
Did they change the traffic regulation recently then? Because when I did my theoretical and practical exams a few years back I still had to signal right when driving onto one. Which is ridiculous of course since the only direction you can go is right, unless you're looking for a head on collision.

isn't this the case when you're leaving the first right exit...

you are heading towards a roundabout... blink right (keeps blinking) and you exit...

if you wanna go round, you blink left and then when you exit you blink right...

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2008-09-19 07:17:43

#60

Rosse_modest: Member; +76|7232|Antwerp, Flanders

^*AlphA*^ wrote:
Rosse_modest wrote:
FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
We have tons of roundabouts over here. Although multi lane ones are rare. You only have to signal once here and that's when you're leaving the roundabout.
Did they change the traffic regulation recently then? Because when I did my theoretical and practical exams a few years back I still had to signal right when driving onto one. Which is ridiculous of course since the only direction you can go is right, unless you're looking for a head on collision.
isn't this the case when you're leaving the first right exit...

you are heading towards a roundabout... blink right (keeps blinking) and you exit...

if you wanna go round, you blink left and then when you exit you blink right...

No when I did my exams you actually had to signal right when driving onto one, then signal when you were going to exit. Didn't matter even if you'd do a complete revolution and exit the same place you entered, you still had to signal right.

2008-09-19 07:26:22

#61

FlemishHCmaniac: Member; +147|6868|Belgium

Modest, I'll quote from the book I studied.

Er zijn 2 uitzonderingen waar de richtingaanwijzers niet moeten worden gebruikt:
een voorrangsweg volgen die een bocht maakt;
het oprijden van een rotonde

2008-09-19 07:40:12

#62

FrankieSpankie3388: Hockey Nut; +243|6986|Boston, MA

Just stick to the outside lane until you get to the road you need to go to. If somebody's on the inside and wants to turn right while you continue on the rotary, that's their problem.

2008-09-19 07:40:50

#63

irishtop: Hopscotch Champion; +11|6619|Houston, Texas

i think there are like 2 of these in houston and i drove through a 5-er recently and i liked it. i just don't think the people here can handle it.

2008-09-19 07:57:55

#64

Rosse_modest: Member; +76|7232|Antwerp, Flanders

FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
Modest, I'll quote from the book I studied.
Er zijn 2 uitzonderingen waar de richtingaanwijzers niet moeten worden gebruikt:
een voorrangsweg volgen die een bocht maakt;
het oprijden van een rotonde

They changed it then. Which is good since that made no sense whatsoever. Did my exams in 2003, and I quote from my book:

Hoofdregel!
Wie een rotonde oprijdt of verlaat, moet de rechterrichtingaanwijzer aanzetten.

2008-09-19 08:02:56

#65

wensleydale8: Member; +81|7225|LEEDS!!!!!, Yorkshire

Well near where I live in about 16 square miles there are around 30 roundabouts that I know of.

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2008-09-19 08:03:54

#66

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6726

Sir Schmoopy wrote:
Pfft, you think you're bad in America?

We've got them every 200 yards.

But we're smart enough to figure them out.

EDIT: And they're called ROUNDABOUTS you tards. Not 'traffic circles'.

I know i lol'd when I read 'traffic circles' .

And yeah. Come to the UK they're everywhere.

2008-09-19 16:36:28

#67

=Karma-Kills=: "Don't post while intoxicated."; +356|7040|England

Roundabout.

Say it after me.

Round-a-bout. Roundabout.

2008-09-19 19:22:16

#68

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6685|NSW, Australia

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
I'm learning how to drive and I've come to realize that traffic circles are full of fail. They're confusing for one... I have to enter a certain lane to get out at a certain point but then I immediately have to switch lanes so I can make a turn to get on the street leading to my house. In theory I should enter another certain lane, but that would result in getting rear-ended by some speed demon.

Also, I'm in severe need of a "Student Driver" sticker so people don't get all raged when I take a bit slower than usual to, say, enter a traffic circle. Dorky, but I'd rather be dorky than have to fight some enraged middle-manager who ponders about where exactly he screwed up to end up in such a boring, go-nowhere job while driving.

Dont you have L plates where you live?

2008-09-19 19:24:36

#69

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7217

KILLSWITCH wrote:
usmarine wrote:
M.O.A.B wrote:
I didn't know there were roundabouts in America
i drive through four on the way to work
You're supposed to drive around them not through them, tard.

soak my cork.

you are just angry we have them in the US

2008-09-19 19:27:40

#70

deeznutz1245: Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.; +483|6948|Connecticut

usmarine wrote:
KILLSWITCH wrote:
usmarine wrote:

i drive through four on the way to work
You're supposed to drive around them not through them, tard.
soak my cork.

you are just angry we have them in the US

Lets start a Europe has better rotaries than America thread. Ours are to narrow and aggressive and they intimidate foreigners. Oh and they are Bush's fault.

Malloy must go

2008-09-19 19:34:07

#71

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7222|UK

^*AlphA*^ wrote:
Rosse_modest wrote:
FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
We have tons of roundabouts over here. Although multi lane ones are rare. You only have to signal once here and that's when you're leaving the roundabout.
Did they change the traffic regulation recently then? Because when I did my theoretical and practical exams a few years back I still had to signal right when driving onto one. Which is ridiculous of course since the only direction you can go is right, unless you're looking for a head on collision.
isn't this the case when you're leaving the first right exit...

you are heading towards a roundabout... blink right (keeps blinking) and you exit...

if you wanna go round, you blink left and then when you exit you blink right...

Indeed that is standard legal practice in most countries.

2008-09-19 19:35:36

#72

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7222|UK

wensleydale8 wrote:
Well near where I live in about 16 square miles there are around 30 roundabouts that I know of.

lol thats nothing, within 16 square miles there are probably around 200 or so roundabouts . tbh I love roundabouts, they are much more efficient than traffic lights.

2008-09-20 02:35:11

#73

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6894|King Of The Islands

Rosse_modest wrote:
FlemishHCmaniac wrote:
Modest, I'll quote from the book I studied.
Er zijn 2 uitzonderingen waar de richtingaanwijzers niet moeten worden gebruikt:
een voorrangsweg volgen die een bocht maakt;
het oprijden van een rotonde
that made no sense whatsoever

I concur.

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haffeysucks wrote:

usmarine wrote:

M.O.A.B wrote:

FlemishHCmaniac wrote:

KILLSWITCH wrote:

Rosse_modest wrote:

FlemishHCmaniac wrote:

^AlphA^ wrote:

Rosse_modest wrote:

FlemishHCmaniac wrote:

FlemishHCmaniac wrote:

Sir Schmoopy wrote:

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

KILLSWITCH wrote:

usmarine wrote:

M.O.A.B wrote:

usmarine wrote:

KILLSWITCH wrote:

usmarine wrote:

^AlphA^ wrote:

Rosse_modest wrote:

FlemishHCmaniac wrote:

wensleydale8 wrote:

Rosse_modest wrote:

FlemishHCmaniac wrote:

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