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.
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
That was fantastic! 😊
They literally made the most plow-throughable roundabout on my town. Nearly completely flat and ripe for riding. No obstacles at all
Depending on road size, it is for trucks to be able to turn
It’s like he knew he was supposed to be setting an example but buckled under pressure.
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 😜
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.
A straightabout.
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.
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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.
