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Look, I just think we need to stop coddling those hedonistic roundabout hogs who get into the inner lane and circle for hours, wasting valuable capacity.

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[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Study reports that, surprisingly, the inspiraling roundabout rated the same score as the standard roundabout in the United States for their usability and user comprehension metrics. This is mostly due to the remarkably low score of the standard roundabout.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 26 points 10 months ago

We don't need those hedonistic European roundamacircles.

In my day we just T-boned each other at high speeds, and we enjoyed it!

[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

lol Americans dumb amiright? Can’t use roundabout

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As a Frenchman now living in the US. Omg people cannot compute roundabouts it’s madness. There’s one at my doctor’s office and every time I go, someone is taking it backwards it’s madness!

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Must just be your area. Where I live we have roundabouts all around (I have to go through 3 of them to get to my closest hardware store) and I don't really see that many people that have issues with them. Worst we have to deal with are cars who are too slow to get into the roundabout and wait forever, or drive slowly and clog up the roundabout, but those are pretty rare thankfully.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Just buy a big truck and teach em!

[–] icydefiance@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago

I'm american and work right next to a roundabout. It gets a pretty low amount of traffic but I still see people stop in the middle or go around backwards all the time.

That said, I see drivers doing the stupidest things pretty much everywhere, so the roundabout isn't exactly making things worse.