idiots who cant use roundabouts

Discussion in 'The Whiners' started by schizo_aussie, Aug 24, 2011.

  1. schizo_aussie

    schizo_aussie Member

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    here in australia we have roundabouts the rule is simple give way to your right...do it you pricks
     
  2. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    And learn how to merge.
     
  3. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    Why are some of them so big though, especially over in perth, they are huge

    You could fit a second airport in the middle of some of them
     
  4. schizo_aussie

    schizo_aussie Member

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    :devil:


    exactly
     
  5. schizo_aussie

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    your right i think because some of the intersections are larger and have trucks goin through and buses
     
  6. primalflow

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    Why do roundabouts exist?
     
  7. schizo_aussie

    schizo_aussie Member

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    they're supposed to be a more effective way instead of putting in traffic lights at every intersection,only effective if people could use them properly and not rely on lights to tell them where to go :biker:
     
  8. primalflow

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    Oh, you mean that thinking thing. Yeah, I've heard of it. I guess its how people use to get things done, before there were so many assholes around for people to get their heads stuck in.
     
  9. Olympic-Bullshitter

    Olympic-Bullshitter Banned

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    Are the ones that don't dodge left.
     
  10. broony

    broony Banned

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    I lived in a town with all roundabouts. They can be really great. People are just bad drivers in general, don't pay attention why i don't know. Maybe its screaming kids, maybe they are on their phone or just clueless all around. A lot of bad and dumb drivers out their.

    I could have more patience on the road but i don't, cant help it.
     
  11. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    I hate the fucking things. There's some in Quebec here, some with multiple lanes, closer to the center of the circle. How the fuck does one even get in there, and once you're in, how do you get out?
     
  12. lovelyxmalia

    lovelyxmalia Banana Hammock Lifetime Supporter

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    Yeah my whole state is filled with them...

    I hate other people that drive in them and don't understand how to merge...grrrrrr
     
  13. Dude111

    Dude111 An Awesome Dude

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    YUP THEY CANT DO IT RIGHT HERE EITHER IN THE STATES!!!!

    Its quite stupid!!
     
  14. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    One of my favorite roundabouts, especially when you're not sure which street to turn down. There's like 8 streets intersecting here...

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    I take it back there are 11 streets coming into the roundabout!

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    And here's what navigating this intersection is like! And guess what? I count 11 lanes of traffic in the roundabout.

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  15. Mason Grey

    Mason Grey Member

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    we only have very little ones here,
    mostly in the suburbs, where there are never cars around...

    the arc de triomphe roundabout is very cool and fun
     
  16. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    That's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever seen.
     
  17. primalflow

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    I detect a Bob Marley fan.
     
  18. mustlivelife

    mustlivelife Knows nothing!

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    Sorry to tell you this but you're probably part of the problem (if you drive). Generally, people should know how to navigate on roundabouts before driving on them.

    You should come up with a better idea than roundabouts if you really don't like them. If there wasn't a roundabout on some intersections then most of the traffic would have to be stood still for most of the time and it would cause massive tailbacks.

    Of course, in Britain, where we have the most crowded road system in the world and the car is at most a status symbol, not a freedom machine, we suffer from the idea that most roundabouts need traffic lights as well; on the entrances and on the actual roads of the roundabouts themselves. If everybody obeyed the correct distance between two cars moving at speed (front and back) then our motorways would not contain the number of cars driving on them.

    I'm so glad I never got into the driving thing. It goes against everything I stand for, anyway. Electric cars would be fine but there's still the whole tax and insurance bullshit.
     
  19. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    You bet :)

    I don't drive anymore. I sold my car about 18 months ago. I can drive well through roundabouts, I just think they're hideous things. Then again, the way many people drive on normal streets causes enough concern.

    Fact is there's many terrible drivers on the road. I just see the roundabout as something that would greatly exacerbate one's terrible driving skills.
     
  20. TipsyGypsy

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    I love roundabouts! Especially when you miss your exit and get to go round again..

    The driving in France are just awful in general. I swear crossing a road in Paris will be my cause of death.
     

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