America, what is wrong with you.

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 01/19/2019 at 21:56 • Filed to: None

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I drive a lot at work, and I constantly see roundabouts wi th stop signs. THAT’S NOT HOW THIS WORKS, AMERICA. STOP IT.

jimz > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:00

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eh?  we have tons of roundabouts in metro Detroit, and no stop signs.

Berang > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:02

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Where?

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > jimz 01/19/2019 at 22:03

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Detroit has rules? I'm shocked!

Just Jeepin' > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:06

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I know of two with internal yield signs allowing north/south traffic to take priority . Actually makes sense in those spots ; effectively the roundabouts are town squares rather than traffic circles.

AestheticsInMotion > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:06

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This drives me crazy too. Luckily 99% of the local roundabouts don't have stopsigns. That 1% though...... 

facw > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:09

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No it’s not how it works. Stoplights maybe, if the volume of traffic is too much for the roundabout and redoing the road is not a high-priority, but stop-signs never.

I don’t recall seeing one with a stop sign though. I have seen plenty (including one I drove through today) where people stop even though nothing is coming and they have no stop sign/light.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:15

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they did this near me because people would fly down the one hill and ignore the yeild sign. 

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:22

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Never seen a roundabout with a stop sign here in NE.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:25

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Roundabouts here in New Mexico don’t have stop signs. 

Spanfeller is a twat > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:26

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Stop signs to enter the roundabout or inside it? Cus we have them before entering, but we all do a california-stop here.

wafflesnfalafel > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 22:27

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we need a little extra help in the states...

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > facw 01/19/2019 at 22:33

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Maybe she means residential. Many neighborhood roundabouts in say Ballard or Fremont are a 2-way stop intersection. 

facw > Just Jeepin' 01/19/2019 at 22:35

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Yeah this one at the south end of Houston’s Museum district works like that:

Traffic in the circle yields to traffic entering from M ain (in both directions) . In theory this is bad thing to do, since it can cause the circle to block, but Hermann and Hermann Park are low enough traffic that it’s not a big issue.

facw > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/19/2019 at 22:39

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That seems like a bad way to do things. But most residential stop signs are bad and could be replaced with yields. It’s a lazy, inefficient (though cheap) way to decrease average traffic speed.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rainbow 01/19/2019 at 23:19

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I mean we almost adopted the metric system. It takes time for us to evolve.

Wacko > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/19/2019 at 23:25

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It was metric system or the wall, and you guys chose the Wall

Rainbow > Spanfeller is a twat 01/20/2019 at 08:47

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A little of both. I’ll try to get pictures next time.

Rainbow > Berang 01/20/2019 at 08:48

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The Atlanta suburbs, but I’m sure there are more elsewhere.

glemon > Rainbow 01/20/2019 at 11:47

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We are getting a few of them here over the last several years. No stop signs, and, to my surprise, people are figuring them out and they are working pretty well.

This is a good thing, because the alternative sometimes used is a 4 way stop sign.  God I hate those.  About 1/3 of drivers think it is always their turn as soon as they stop, 2/3 think it is never their turn and wait forever.  Of those left I think half the people think car to the right has right of way, guess what? If you have 4 cars at a 4 way stop everybody is car to the right.  

Rainbow > glemon 01/20/2019 at 13:12

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I’ve always thought we needed an additional rule to that car-on-right rule. My proposal is that the lightest-colored car goes first in that situation. Like chess.

duurtlang > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 01/20/2019 at 14:05

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Reading this, h ow would someone near you even survive the roundabouts in England and Wales?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > duurtlang 01/20/2019 at 14:23

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