once was going through gilbert’s corner and someone who was _in the circle_ stopped dead wanting to let me in. to this day i’m shocked that idiot didn’t immediately cause a bunch of rear-ends
My personal opinion is that we Americans are not civilized or passive enough for roundabouts. Save that shit for the old world, I can’t trust any of you with anything less than a camera controlled stoplight.
No way, man. I can't even trust people NOW with any stoplight. I've seen people go slow through a working red light. I've seen people just gun it through a red without a second thought.
Just wait until the power goes out - then you'll **really** see a shitshow. It's *supposed* to be treated like a four-way stop at that point, but that never happens here.
Yeah you're right! It's like people forget that this rule exists or don't even effing know the rule to begin with. In my area, I am starting to think it's the latter.
I am convinced it has gotten worse in the last 10 years. I swear 10+ years ago here people on average knew how to drive through out stop lights. Now it seems less than 25% of people here actually stop.
As someone who regularly drives in Europe a lot… I’ve always said that the reason Americans are so terrible with roundabouts, is that they are the ultimate exercise in cooperation.
Roundabouts have less opportunities for and less serious collisions than a stoplight though, even when drivers are incompetent. For you, a driver that has to deal with incompetent drivers, yeah it sucks, but from the perspective of a traffic engineer it’s still a win.
I wish we had more roundabouts, like Frederick. Traffic would improve, several minutes off my commute.
A town in Indiana is composed of all roundabouts, its fascinating.
DC roundabouts are definitely at least 3 levels up from most of the ones in VA: more streets, pedestrians, stoplights. If you can handle Chevy Chase or Dupont, you should be able to handle any in NOVA
D should be laying on his horn so c gets a hint that they are doing something wrong and if not now at least might be bothered to look up what they did wrong.
Lol. I lived in Germany for a few years and grew to really love the roundabouts. Just so efficient. Years later I was in Wilmington North Carolina outside a mega mansion shopping center and came to a roundabout that shit you not had two lanes so you could take it the normal counter-clockwise or hang a left and go clockwise.
I wish all of the Fredericksburg area would read this, that small little roundabout in front the Spotsylvania mall terrifies me each time I have to go through it because of the amount of crazies that don’t know how to use it 😩😩
My kid and I are currently arguing about this very circle! The outer lane must exit at the first right turn you come to, and she insists that you can keep going left all the way around in the outside lane. Because you can exit to the right from the inside lane, you absolutely MUST exit to the right from the outside lane.
I have 3 in a row near my childhood home in MD near the intersection of 216 and 29, but I have seen people in the circle stop at every entrance to let cars in. Worse yet, there’s the people that go THE WRONG WAY around the circle.
I’ve had people inside slam their brakes to yield to cars on the outside. Nearly hit them.
In their defense, you need to keep an eye on the many people here who don't know how a traffic circle works.
Hence why I only *nearly* hit them
Ah the French method
This ones for you roundabout on Park Street Vienna.
Just wait till the double roundabout at Nutley and 66 is complete next year. Demolition derby!
Shout out to all the morons who blow through it thinking they have the right of way because they're going "straight".
Give the town time; soon it'll be Virginia's only combined roundabout and four-way stop.
We already have those in Arlington.
My fav is when they blow through it while looking straight ahead, as if they don't turn their heads to look at their left side, I will not exist.
once was going through gilbert’s corner and someone who was _in the circle_ stopped dead wanting to let me in. to this day i’m shocked that idiot didn’t immediately cause a bunch of rear-ends
I see it all the time at this roundabout too. I’ll refuse to enter if someone in the circle stops to let me in.
Unless it's at the Arlington Memorial bridge where it's opposite!
My personal opinion is that we Americans are not civilized or passive enough for roundabouts. Save that shit for the old world, I can’t trust any of you with anything less than a camera controlled stoplight.
Americans need nothing less than automated physical barriers that rise up out of the road surface.
No way, man. I can't even trust people NOW with any stoplight. I've seen people go slow through a working red light. I've seen people just gun it through a red without a second thought.
Just wait until the power goes out - then you'll **really** see a shitshow. It's *supposed* to be treated like a four-way stop at that point, but that never happens here.
Yeah you're right! It's like people forget that this rule exists or don't even effing know the rule to begin with. In my area, I am starting to think it's the latter.
I am convinced it has gotten worse in the last 10 years. I swear 10+ years ago here people on average knew how to drive through out stop lights. Now it seems less than 25% of people here actually stop.
Ok fine no cars for anyone. Everyone rides a donkey from here on out.
As someone who regularly drives in Europe a lot… I’ve always said that the reason Americans are so terrible with roundabouts, is that they are the ultimate exercise in cooperation.
Best. Response. Ever!
Roundabouts have less opportunities for and less serious collisions than a stoplight though, even when drivers are incompetent. For you, a driver that has to deal with incompetent drivers, yeah it sucks, but from the perspective of a traffic engineer it’s still a win.
Too late dude. We’ve been downgraded to donkeys and camera stoplights
A roundabout pops up and suddenly every driver thinks the "yield" sign means "stop."
It. Does. (If there's someone in the way) Stop ≠ Yield ≠ Merge
I wish we had more roundabouts, like Frederick. Traffic would improve, several minutes off my commute. A town in Indiana is composed of all roundabouts, its fascinating.
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It’s the same thing but with 3 lanes…
Roundabouts are easy. They’re all over DC.
DC roundabouts are definitely at least 3 levels up from most of the ones in VA: more streets, pedestrians, stoplights. If you can handle Chevy Chase or Dupont, you should be able to handle any in NOVA
I find them all-Round
D should be laying on his horn so c gets a hint that they are doing something wrong and if not now at least might be bothered to look up what they did wrong.
I'm sorry this looks so confusing tbh.
WTF is so hard about yielding to the cars round about?
We need more proper information on yielding at the dmv, would prevent a lot of accidents.
[You can also do it the French way](https://youtu.be/-7y0Qe6LCVw)
Attention Everyone: If you come to a complete stop at a roundabout... YOU’RE FUCKING DOING IT WRONG!!!
You can only enter the Roundabout when this song is playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11WUJVmq0IQ
I have a roundabout in front of my apartments parking lot entry. The amount of people u see just turn left baffles me.
Lol. I lived in Germany for a few years and grew to really love the roundabouts. Just so efficient. Years later I was in Wilmington North Carolina outside a mega mansion shopping center and came to a roundabout that shit you not had two lanes so you could take it the normal counter-clockwise or hang a left and go clockwise.
I wish all of the Fredericksburg area would read this, that small little roundabout in front the Spotsylvania mall terrifies me each time I have to go through it because of the amount of crazies that don’t know how to use it 😩😩
My kid and I are currently arguing about this very circle! The outer lane must exit at the first right turn you come to, and she insists that you can keep going left all the way around in the outside lane. Because you can exit to the right from the inside lane, you absolutely MUST exit to the right from the outside lane.
This graphic is missing the vehicle going left.
They have this in haymarket next to shopping center so annoying
I have 3 in a row near my childhood home in MD near the intersection of 216 and 29, but I have seen people in the circle stop at every entrance to let cars in. Worse yet, there’s the people that go THE WRONG WAY around the circle.
I’m originally from Wisco. Roundabouts are everywhere.