• @AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world
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    991 month ago

    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…

    • Romkslrqusz
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      241 month ago

      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

      • @brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        41 month ago

        Well we can kinda only go when the signal is accompanied by another indication like slowing and or beginning to turn - “never trust a signal” eh?

    • @reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
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      121 month ago

      Or badly designed ones with a combo of yield and stop signs that effectively prevent the people with the stop sign from ever proceeding

    • @StannisDMannis@lemmy.today
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      121 month ago

      That’s because Americans don’t know how to use them, once you live in a place where people use them OPs picture becomes your issue and you never see yours.

      • Americans have a hard time driving, period. They can’t “keep right unless passing”, they can’t understand 4-way stops, they can’t understand traffic circles, and so much more. So frustrating and dangerous here.

      • I think that’s location specific, I’ve lived in a few different places in the US that had roundabouts, although I’ve always called em rotaries in the northeast.

        • XnxCuX
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          21 month ago

          Yeah same here. Only know roundabout because that’s how the GPS says it lol

      • Deconceptualist
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        1 month ago

        My city (US) used to have one that was signed all wrong, so cars already inside the circle would have to yield to the ones entering. Naturally this led to congestion instead of flowing traffic. Also it was way too close to a tangential road so that made things even worse because the backed up traffic on that side then affected cars that weren’t even going to the circle.

        Fortunately they ripped that shit out and redesigned the entire intersection.

    • @null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      71 month ago

      The only real problem I regularly encounter is on two lane roundabouts.

      If you want to take the first exit you need to enter in the passenger side lane.

      If you want to take any exit after the second you need to enter in the driver’s side lane.

      If you enter in the passenger side lane, you must take the first or second exit. Taking any exit after the second from the “outside” lane is gonna cause an accident.

      I see this happen a few times a year. It’s so common that most drivers foresee it.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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        31 month ago

        Yeah the solution there is spiral roundabouts with hard barriers at critical points.