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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. Worse yet are the drivers who don't understand

Reply to Auggie (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 3, 2020, 03:06 PM

Nov 2020

that they don't need to make a full stop, but can actually keep on going if there is no one entering their quadrant of the roundabout. Or, as happened the other day, they come to a stop in the middle of the roundabout to let another car in. No, I didn't enter because I did not have the right of way.

Perhaps the essential problem is that people take driver's ed in high school, get their license, and then never again have to pass a written or road test to continue driving.

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Intersections vs. circles vs. proper roundabouts [View all] TreasonousBastard Nov 2020 OP

Will watch later & see why we should like round abouts. CrispyQ Nov 2020 #1

I notice a lot of drivers in the U.S. don't know what yield means ... Auggie Nov 2020 #2

Worse yet are the drivers who don't understand PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #5

The video mentioned that roundabouts aren't covered in most states' licensing exams Auggie Nov 2020 #6

I like them as a driver and love them as a pedestrian progree Nov 2020 #3

I hate them around here. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #4

My city has an area with two traffic circles back to back. Backseat Driver Nov 2020 #7

Yes, a bunch of crosswalks and nearby businesses... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #8