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Shit that should not exist-- inanimate objects edition
Patrick:
--- Quote from: Darkbluerabbit on 06 Mar 2009, 16:51 ---We should really just stick traffic circles in a lot of intersections. I see no reason why they are not much more common. You come to traffic circle, you enter traffic circle, you exit traffic circle at appropriate point. No stopping or wondering if you should stop. They're not great for really busy intersections, but in residential areas they are awesome.
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You know, they tried this in my hometown back in California. But by 'installing a traffic circle' they meant 'put an ugly-ass concrete circle in the middle of the fucking road,' which people just skim by using the straightest line possible, often grazing it, which could potentially cause them to spin out or roll their big-assed SUVs. They didn't even put it at a 4-way stop intersection, it was just a 2-way stop to give way to traffic running on L Street.
Basically, this is a goddamn terrible idea if you do it the way I've seen it done. If you do it the way the Brits do on the motorway (except in the proper direction, lawl), you'll be fine, but there really isn't any way to do that in suburban America unless you enjoy arguing with homeowners about just how much of their front yard you're going to assfuck when you put in a circle wide enough to turn safely around at 15mph in any conditions.
the_pied_piper:
--- Quote from: FourNineFoxtrot on 06 Mar 2009, 19:15 ---But... it's British. I'm American. Now I'm even more confused. Oh God, now I'm really gonna screw up next time I run into one of these. I'm probably gonna try to go left instead of right, and get intimate with the grill of a Hummer or something.
Now I'm going to die horribly on a traffic circle... excuse me, on a Centrifuge of Death! I won't say it's all your fault, but I will probably come back from the dead to haunt you, anyway. I'm just a jerk like that.
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Well, the nice thing about roundabouts or traffic circles is that it doesn't matter which way round you go the rules are the same: give way on the driver's side; inside lane for more than half a rotation, outside lane for less than half.
plumbob78:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 06 Mar 2009, 23:27 ---put an ugly-ass concrete circle in the middle of the fucking road,
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There's some like that here too. AND tehre are stop signs at the entrances/exits. Shit stupid.
Kylos:
I live near this badboy. I avoid it at all costs.
Ladies and Gentlemen! Meet the Magic Roundabout! Definitely a Centrifuge of Death if ever I saw one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Hemel_Hempstead)
the_pied_piper:
That is the worst roundabout i have ever seen. Now i see why people have problems with them.
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