A roundabout

Man, as I'm reading through the comments more and more, the happier I become for selling my car. Did it years ago, never going back. Still rent lorries for deliveries from time to time though.

See how annoying roundabouts can be when people just want to plow forward in a straight line? Roundabouts are such an inconvenience. Gotta slow down & pay attention & go around an obstacle & all that shit. TRAFFIC CALMING? What's that? You know when you tell people to calm down, that only makes them angrier, right?
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- There is 5 roundabouts from the motorway to my home town. About 5 minute drive. 2 of those annoy me because they were not needed and do slow donw traffic. 3 were needed and are good.
They never show the full version of this gif, where you can see the elevated section of road the driver is aiming for. Have people seriously never seen a highway overpass? Do you guys just assume that every highway uses offramps instead of jumps?
- of course they don't show it he misses the boost panel
This summer, we were driving out of our neighborhood and came across a car that had all 4 tires completely blown out and destroyed. I was baffled at how that could happen, since it was a pretty calm spot of road. Maybe the police had put down spike strips to stop a fleeing car?
Then on my way back into the neighborhood I went around our round about and saw the tire tracks of a car that went right through the middle but then left the ground. The dude must have done exactly what was in this GIF!
Ah that's one of them newfangled jumpabouts I keep hearing about?
Me in Forza Horizon
- Me in ETS2
Stunt jump completed
I still think there’s a contributing factor that the road builders did not plant shrubs. There needs to be a clearer interruption in the line of sight
Plus why is the entry straight ahead? It should more clearly turn to funnel the car into the right direction
- you should drive slower
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I am amazed by how much of the car seems to go so far. Surely this is not real, right? (Can't look at it closely enough on my phone)
- It's a real thing that happened in the town of Rąbień in Poland, a drunk driver was speeding down a road, hit a roundabout and flew 60 metres through the air, before landing in a graveyard
  Miraculously, the driver made it out alive, but the car was totalled

When Freebird start playing:
Them Duke boys were having them some fun, down in the Far South.
Had to turn my phone sideways to see it.
Worth it.
- I don't get it?
Woof, the whole axle
- I’m not a car guy. Will it be ok?
Great, there's a whole additional angle for getting splashed by a puddle I need to watch out for now
Hell of a way to total a car though.
- Eh, put that bumper back on, bit of clay bar, it's as good as new.
Nailed it.

I have seen someone back up in a roundabout because they missed their exit, and I've also seen someone enter a roundabout, and go the wrong way to make a u-turn.

How do you operate a car with multiple wheels and not understand how a circle works?

Can I wager a guess? If someone are custom to driving in a country with opposite driving direction, the second scenario seems like a common mistake.

They literally made the most plow-throughable roundabout on my town. Nearly completely flat and ripe for riding. No obstacles at all

the most plow-throughable
ripe for riding
- Got ya feeling something?
Depending on road size, it is for trucks to be able to turn
There are a lot of 'mini' roundabouts in my country that are fully flat to the ground. The point is to set the rules for right of way, entering and exiting, indication etc in a way people find familiar (we have lots of roundabouts). Just one roundabout sign at each entrance with standard road markings and everyone knows what's up.

My state is installing them everywhere despite people not knowing how to drive (only state in the union without compulsory driver's ed). So it's very common to enter a roundabout and have another car go the wrong way, because they wanted to go left.

I just sit with my horn depressed until they back up. Sometimes it takes a while.

Do the road designers cheap out?
The few roundabouts a couple decades ago may have been ambiguous but every roundabout I’ve seen for many years is clearly marked on the approach so you can’t screw up the direction.
I understand someone unfamiliar may stop unexpectedly or not understand how to exit, but how do they screw up the direction?
Even changing lanes which used to be where people screwed up a lot, recent roundabouts are clearly marked what lane you should be in and the lane markers lead to the exit: how can people not understand signs saying this lane for this road?
If your road designers aren’t following these conventions, that may be a contributing factor
- I regularly take a busy road with a two-lane roundabout marked this way and you can be sure that people will ignore these lane markers. I'm honestly surprised I haven't seen a fender bender there before.

That reminds me of this guide to roundabouts and also protecting your car from supermaneuverable fighter aircraft.

I remember that part from Drivers Ed.
- they just taught us to ditch the car and run for a tunnel. things have changed since the 80s
I'm at a bar and can't watch a video, saving this bad boy for later!
That was fantastic! 😊

Most roundabouts are built high enough to block the view of the opposing street to force you to slow down. Smaller ones are often flat to allow long vehicles to drive over them.

It's like he knew he was supposed to be setting an example but buckled under pressure.

On Christmas day years ago, I was driving behind a very old lady who did this. She probably didn't drive much and had likely never seen a roundabout before. I remember her white frizzy hair and the back of her SUV was packed full of presents. She got jostled around quite a bit when she hopped the curb, but she committed and drove straight over it. lol

On a school trip we were following a beige mini metro down the road.

We got to the roundabout. He indicated right, started to turn right, realised he was at a roundabout, lurched left, and then gloriously beached his car on the flower beds in the middle of it.

Once you get your bus pass they should just take your car off you for the safety of everyone.

I have no strong memories relating to roundabouts. My life is a lie.

A straightabout.

Saw a guy do this on one that had been put in the intersection of a couple of country roads in North Georgia for some odd reason. Car hit it at speed, came off the ground nearly a foot, absolutely destroyed the undercarriage when it landed. Legend! Oil and coolant and likely fuel everywhere. I did not check the driver before rolling off as he came out cussing a storm about who put that there?

Some people don't know how they work. But also don't learn.

Got a few roundabouts in an old residential neighborhood with narrow streets near me. There's nothing in the middle and the curb is so shallow, it's tempting to drive right through them

Put it on the bucket list 😜

Become ungovernable just like that dude

I do that all the time…

I don't think there is a roundabout anywhere in Kentucky, or at least I've never seen one. So when I got to Fort Lewis, WA and was driving across base I came up to one and had zero fucking clue what to do. I started at it for about 10 seconds and watched another car or two go into it and kinda figured it out, but it was the most alien thing I had ever seen.

If you want to practice, head up to the Newport/Covington area in northern Kentucky. There's a bunch up near the river, and a few over by NKU's campus.