This happens every commute.

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes) 04/05/2018 at 20:50 • Filed to: None

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Always at this round about.

Coming from the right 2 lanes open before the round about, as there are 2 matching lanes on the other side !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for the next round about.

This how it should be done, stay in your repetitive lane that you entered in.

but no. Most people enter in the left lane, but exit in the right lane (vise versa). I always take the right lane (black line) as I take a highway.

Come summer when its peak tourism season it make it even more fun.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/05/2018 at 20:56

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Behold, the Armdale Rotary in Halfiax.

As a tourist there myself, I just floored it and prayed every time I went through. Sorry locals.

Chariotoflove > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/05/2018 at 21:04

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I still hate roundabouts, mostly because it’s still hard to be certain of others’ behavior. We all know from birth how to handle a four way stop, but these things are anxiety inducing.

Urambo Tauro > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/05/2018 at 21:07

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WHY do people find this so hard? There are two lanes, both going straight through the circle. YOU CAN SEE THE FRIGGIN’ ARROWS FROM SPACE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

TheRevanchist > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/05/2018 at 21:10

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Roundabouts are tricky for the dumb. (They put in one on a busy stretch of road where the lighting isn’t enough and there is dense fog in the winter where you have no idea what is in front of you beyond 30 ft. So, also put in by the dumb.) I constantly see people stopping for cars that have a completely safe distance for them to enter, even at slow turtle speed. Like, it’s their 4 way stop, only they are the only ones stopped.

DarkCreamyBeer > Chariotoflove 04/05/2018 at 21:13

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Drivers where I live seem to have no intrinsic understanding of 4 way stops. In fact I’d argue they have just as much trouble with stop signs as they do roundabouts.

Spanfeller is a twat > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/05/2018 at 21:15

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I’m not sure of the traffic law in Canada, but as far as I understood from the Spanish one (because Mexico doesn’t really have one) if you enter a roundabout you need exit it on the right lane of the road because you’re only supposed to be in the outermost lane of the roundabout if you’re exiting it. ; if you enter a roundabout in the right lane you’re expected to take the first exit by the people waiting to enter it. I can see from the road markings that this is not the case in that roundabout

ttyymmnn > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/05/2018 at 21:36

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They just installed a two-lane roundabout near the UT campus (that’s Texas, y’all). Only one lane is open so far and it’s already a clusterfuck.

ttyymmnn > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/05/2018 at 21:39

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You really haven’t lived until you’ve driven the roundabout at Place de L’Etoile around the Arc de Triomphe. It’s insane, but somehow, it works. While we were standing on the top, we saw three Chinese tourists run from the curb to the Arc. It was like a live action game of Frogger.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Chariotoflove 04/05/2018 at 21:47

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I just charge through if it’s my turn. And if some one hits me, they hit me.

Chariotoflove > DarkCreamyBeer 04/05/2018 at 21:50

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I’ve seen areas like that, such as Detroit.

facw > ttyymmnn 04/05/2018 at 21:50

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That’s a special bit of madness. Especially since traffic in the roundabout is apparently supposed to yield to traffic entering, which really doesn’t work.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ttyymmnn 04/05/2018 at 21:50

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Wow that’s a real cluster

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/05/2018 at 21:50

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Locals probably do the same and get annoyed at those who don’t

facw > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/05/2018 at 21:55

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That doesn’t seem so bad. The fact it’s a modern roundabout with separate countenances and exits, plus some bypasses makes it look worse from the air, but it’s probably easier to drive.

For something really daunting, check the “Magic Roundabout” in Swindon in the UK:

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > facw 04/05/2018 at 21:56

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Fuck that noise

Svend > facw 04/05/2018 at 22:16

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What? Is that what it’s supposed to be on the Arc de Triomphe? In the U.K. those entering the roundabout yield to be those on it.

I couldn’t imagine it the other way.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > facw 04/05/2018 at 22:23

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They do it backwards in France? Here the entering traffic has to yield to the traffic already in the roundabout.

facw > Svend 04/05/2018 at 22:24

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My understanding is that that is, or at least was the law (it’s been a while since I was there). In theory I think it’s because the Champs-Elysees is such an important street that they want traffic from it to flow through relatively freely.

But yeah, any sane place will have entering traffic yield to traffic in the roundabout. If you don’t do that there’s a chance that the roundabout can block itself, which is a big problem.

Here in the US generally you have to yield to traffic in the roundabout, though apparently New Jersey (not being a sane place) allows customary local practices to overrule that, basically making their roundabouts and traffic circles free-for-alls.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/05/2018 at 22:29

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Social Darwinism is my best friend when it comes to roundabouts. Horns teach people very quickly what to do.

ttyymmnn > facw 04/05/2018 at 23:07

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The seeming unwritten rule is that once you get your nose into a space you have the right of way, or at least you are allowed to proceed. There’s lots of honking and gesticulating, but it’s really pretty civil, and it works.

ttyymmnn > facw 04/05/2018 at 23:10

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I spent a fair amount of time studying that roundabout and I still can’t figure out how the hell it works. It’s like 5 mini roundabouts inside one giant roundabout.

Roundabout.

facw > ttyymmnn 04/05/2018 at 23:20

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Yep, so there’s an inner roundabout that goes counter-clockwise, and an outer one that goes clockwise (the normal direction for UK roundabouts). You enter or leave those via one of the five mini roundabouts. In theory it means that if you want to turn right, you don’t have to go all the way around the big roundabout, you can just go on to the counter clockwise one and have a shorter path to your destination.

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > ttyymmnn 04/06/2018 at 01:49

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I saw a couple of cops casually strolling across the last time I was there, it was like a modern interpretation of Moses. Lift a hand and the cars would part.

Svend > facw 04/06/2018 at 05:52

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But roundabouts aren’t difficult to execute at all, how are people not knowing how they work.

Granted they are quite new to America in many places.

atfsgeoff > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/10/2018 at 02:38

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I love traffic circles. They’re fun when you get used to ‘em. Frustrating when others don’t understand how they work and hold everyone up though.