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Aromatic_Wave t1_ja3z48z wrote

Plenty of these in the US. Is there some thought that we don't?

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Previous-Iron t1_ja4rpr9 wrote

Just that we in the US can't use them correctly. Which from my own imperfect and independent study seems to be fairly accurate.

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Sir_Honytawk t1_ja7igl6 wrote

Roundabouts have been in Europe for a very long time.
It took a while, but the US is now catching up.
Before they somehow refused, as it is more difficult for a truck to get around a roundabout.

But it is a silly thing to make fun of Americans though.
Plenty of better reasons.

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voucher420 t1_ja7tus5 wrote

They got ramped edges for the trailer tires.

Source: I used to drive truck and used them.

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A_Slime_Girl t1_ja3rvu0 wrote

Come to France, we have plenty of these bad bois

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SmellenDegenerates t1_ja3vbzg wrote

I hear you can also park on them which is cool

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A_Slime_Girl t1_ja3wfnw wrote

Speaking from experience, anyone parking on them is not uhm... willingly done, they just crash into it somehow

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uolen- t1_ja4d8ar wrote

We have tons of roundabouts in Indianapolis. Seem to work just fine.

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Shadowrider95 t1_ja4g600 wrote

If they’re made right! The ones recently installed in my area are single lane, small diameter that can’t fit a semi truck, with a high domed center with landscaping so dense or an edifice you can’t see through it to see the traffic flow! Ridiculous! This doesn’t work! They were installed to replace four way stop’s that work better for the location!

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Bicycle-Seat t1_ja5yh1m wrote

You don’t need to see across the circle, look left and go when it’s clear

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Shadowrider95 t1_ja9luxf wrote

Still too small for the intersection! The four way stop was much more efficient for the location! Traffic backs up worse with it! I’m for roundabouts where they make sense and executed correctly!

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SmellenDegenerates t1_ja3va75 wrote

I pulled out and the bastard didn’t even give way to me! Ffs no one knows how to use roundabouts 🤦‍♂️

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SirStupiditythe2nd t1_ja496eh wrote

Pov: you're an American with 7 roundabouts in a 3.5 mile long road

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Previous-Iron t1_ja3r6da wrote

In Alexandria, VA this weekend...four way stop at the roundabout. Why even bother?

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DonovanMcLoughlin t1_ja3suo8 wrote

If the vehicles in the circle ever stop, it's called a traffic circle; and traffic circles are stupid.

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Strong_Sandvich t1_ja3x5qu wrote

The whole point of a roundabout is too keep constant flow while giving multiple points of exits but dumbasses think its a good idea to stop that flow, I just don't understand what drugs they were on when making it

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brokenwound t1_ja423pg wrote

Roundabouts are too smooth, needs more salt.. I said more salt.

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CheeriosAtMidnight t1_ja4o79d wrote

It’s not hard at all no way everyone has trouble, never had an issue, I’m American, I go through a few every now and then

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Barry_Bone_Raiser t1_ja3zhb5 wrote

Tf you mean Americans? Nobody can use those things

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chaingun_samurai t1_ja42nij wrote

Joke's on you, I'm from New England. We got plenty of 'em up here. But we call'em rotaries.

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Loon-belt t1_ja43byw wrote

There’s at least three in Ohio

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aT-0-Mx t1_ja4xm3u wrote

Don't forget the Canadians in BMWs.

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John_Buttcorn t1_ja5zj2h wrote

There are 4-5 within 0.2 miles of each other where I live in Rhode Island and it's absolute chaos every single day...

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Sweaty-Wealth9157 t1_ja43hpn wrote

I always forget that this guy played Kingpin in the Daredevil series.

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Feisty_Weakness2036 t1_ja4414q wrote

You realize roundabouts are in America right? Did an American make this meme?

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BSKustomz t1_ja5osb0 wrote

Grew up in a small town with a large roundabout in the middle, they're really not that hard to figure out, but you can tell out of towners rather quickly

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Carnator369 t1_ja5rko1 wrote

To be fair, they have to use them counter-clockwise, which is counterintuitive...

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Educational_Newt7773 t1_ja5vfes wrote

We have lots of roundabouts here in the US. Also no one can properly use one here.

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Brett707 t1_ja668bu wrote

I don't have an issue with them. It's just that many here are designed all fucked up. Like one where I live has 4 lanes into it at one entrance that goes to 2 lanes in the circle Then to 1 then back to 3 back to 2.

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BadArafinwe7 t1_ja668wz wrote

Yields are triangle stop signs, right?

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Early_Lawfulness_348 t1_ja68pso wrote

Seen a Honda on top of the rock that was artistically placed in the middle of a roundabout. People are idiots.

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Catswithswords10 t1_ja6bb9p wrote

You spin me right round baby right round, like a record baby right round round round

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Guilty_Chemistry9337 t1_ja6fbtb wrote

Vincent d'Onofrio doesn't get enough created for all the amazingly diverse villains he plays.

This guy. Private Pyle. Psycopath from The Cell. Poohbear. Kingpin. Orson Welles.

You dont' even know it's him until you read the credits.

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[deleted] t1_ja8cihs wrote

One time my brother was driving to Walmart and me in the passenger seat got to witness him go straight through and over a roundabout they had just put up near the Walmart to help with traffic jams. It was low enough that we just felt a bump and could go straight over the forbidden circle. I still give him shit for it to this day.

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