Why The U.S. Hates Roundabouts

[@oosakasan]

"I'm afraid of missing my exit" GIRL THAT'S THE BEST FEATURE OF THE ROUNDABOUT!!!!! You can miss all the exits you like, you just go round and round and can take your time figuring it out. It's also a free U-turn if you made a mistake earlier and need to backtrack! It's the most forgiving intersection possible.

[@georgethompson1460]

Also so long as you use your indicators you can make a space by telling everyone where you intend to go.

[@laurent3415]

@@georgethompson1460 Many don't seem to know where the magic stick that makes the light blink is located🤣

[@Blue71974]

@@laurent3415 maybe that's why it wouldn't work for Americans because most don't put our damn blinkers on when trying to make a simple lane change, or don't put it on until they're already turning. Also I'm american here, I'm not shitting on us for no reason, it's from experience.

[@laurent3415]

@@Blue71974 Same here..American also. I live on the busiest 3 miles of the small city I live in and it's like hell some days.

[@charginginprogresss]

@@Blue71974 Where I live, a couple of times doing that, seen by a cop, and you'll lose your license and have to take all the exams again. That teaches people in europe, they use blinkers because they have to.

[@BoWSkittlez]

Biggest pro of a roundabout. You’re not stuck at a red light where you’re the only car in sight

[@bearcubdaycare]

Unless, like in some UK roundabouts, there are several lights to go around the roundabout. (The British seem to call these too roundabouts, even though the video claims they're otherwise named.)

[@Luke---]

I think we call them “signalled roundabouts”, but they are quite rare in comparison to minis and normal ones

[@robbedoeslegrand236]

Then that trafficlight installation is a cheap-ass one.

[@mmoarchives2542]

yeah, instead, you're stuck waiting for mass traffic to clear out to get through for 20 minutes with assholes behind you honking at you or bumping you forward

[@mmoarchives2542]

it doesn't help traffic, it deorganizes it

[@twoneis]

honestly, if you miss the exit in a roundabouts multiple times in a row, you dont deserve to leave it ever again

[@janbo8331]

Night, winter, RWD.. not many reasons to leave anyways

[@Enygmate]

@@janbo8331 as long as there's gas, we'll keep doing circles 😎

[@janbo8331]

@@Enygmate Right on man. If such a day comes, we'll still be there, Flintstone-style.

[@Blueturtle1]

@@Enygmate nascar moment

[@ninojanjeremygo463]

But the nature tell us that the Earth never exit! Not for 5-7 billion years later, maybe?

[@pholliez]

I’m American born and drove for 10 years only in the US. Then I moved to the UK and then onto Australia. I LOVE ROUNDABOUTS!!! Once you get the hang of them, they make so much sense. When I go back to visit US family I find the traffic lights so frustrating, especially late at night when there is no one on the roads and you’re just sitting at a red light for no reason.

[@lennybuttz2162]

I like them in areas where there isn't a lot of traffic but the 3 and 4 lane roundabouts that are super busy are kind of scary because a lot of people don't pay attention to where they're going and make bad decisions at the last minute. The wait time to get into a busy roundabout can be interminable. People do not let you in.

[@sypherthe297th2]

Roundabouts aren't the issue. Anericans are. From dumb hicks driving oversized pickups and stupid, entitled mothers driving SUVs neither can handle properly, to treatinf what few roundabouts exist like some combination of NASCAR and roller derby, to not understanding the concept of Yield signs and being only marginally better at Stop signs, to having elserly people far beyond their physical limits impose themselves on others, having young idiots on crotch rockets whipping by between lanes and in rice burners acting like its the Tokyo Grand Prix. . . all of that and more to say American roads are a hellscape. Thats before you get into the large freight vehicles, supposedly being driven by professionals, blocking traffic on highways or the institutional gang of criminals known as law enforcement robbing and harrassing motorists.

[@PG-3462]

​@@lennybuttz2162Those roundabouts are dangerous only because there are so few of them right now that many people don't know how to use them

[@lennybuttz2162]

@@PG-3462 Maybe where you live but here in WI they're everywhere! You can even find them in small towns, it's like an epidemic.

[@PG-3462]

@@lennybuttz2162 I'm from France and we have zero problem with them 😅

[@DeeBee2013]

Rename them FREEDOM CIRCLES and Americans will go crazy for them

[@Debilitator47]

Good idea and also what planet am I even on anymore.

[@radudeATL]

Heck yeah! 'Murica!

[@piotrrywczak]

@MusicMadMaurice Better still, tell them that roundabouts will get rid of that commie scum - the red light. They will write using them into their constitution.

[@NunYaO]

So true!

[@martintrumpelmann2019]

Plant something green and low in the middle that cant wreck a car and call them eco circles. They are popular down under in Aussie and NZ. The only problem I have with them is when there is heavy traffic flow in a particular direction and you're waiting for a gap, but in general people are polite and let you in.

[@DigitalDiabloUK]

As a Brit, I can't think of a single time in 40 years where I've not been able to exit a roundabout. 😂

[@ShadowebEB]

If you know how to read signs (generally twice before the roundabout), then you're good, if you think you're incorrect just make another round, and if you took the wrong exit then you can always use the next roundabout to make the U-turn, which is excessively hard and dangerous to do with a traffic light. But you know... Americans will remain Americans... Murica!

[@DigitalDiabloUK]

R Cruz I think most days over the last 20 years.

[@sdushdiu]

DigitalDiabloUK dimwit, exiting is not the problem- its the ability of one ENTRANCE to monopolize the roundabout But the the UK has similarly failed to understand the concept of dentistry for centuries as well....

[@themotivationauts2989]

@@sdushdiu Stop trying to act smart in a KZbin comment section ''dimwit".

[@sdushdiu]

Black Swordsman oh my....another asshat upset that they don't employ affirmative action in establishing precedence for who enters and exits a roundabout and is simultaneously confused by precedence at stop signs. Poor baby.....

[@erjones]

Once you've mastered the roundabout, you can then battle the boss, the magic roundabout in Swindon, UK (5 mini roundabouts on a roundabout)

[@dennisvisser3910]

American screaming noises😂😂😂😂 They just don’t understand the words safety and healthy like we do in europe😅

[@alternateuniverse656]

I wanna try that!

[@rogersmith5167]

Is the two way roundabout still in Hemel Hempstead?

[@keeganhinnigan]

This comment is so underated :)

[@peterkowlessar7823]

Hatton Cross Station near Heathrow Airport and Colchester and High Wycombe as well. All 5 mini in one big. Colchester was the first time I saw one, and I went the long way around taking 3 minis instead of just one. 😆

[@derp195]

Driving in France was such a cool experience because of roundabouts. The fact that you can get all the way through town and never have to stop is amazing.

[@jordancambridge4106]

What is also Amazing is that the entire country of France is about the size of Denver Colorado which is a fairly small city when you think about it.

[@drigsone182]

@@jordancambridge4106 is that a sarcasm or?

[@HT-rk8pc]

You have to stop before you enter the roundabout. Please tell me you didnt just drive without checking for cars.

[@quantmind1718]

@@jordancambridge4106 Um, France is 551,295 km² bigger than Denver which is 400.7 km². What are you even talking about?

[@quantmind1718]

@@drigsone182 Dude's just talking out his booty cheeks

[@Nobody-vr5nl]

"I miss my exit and go around 2-3more times than I'd need to" What? How are you allowed to drive?

[@ToadRoach]

I don't know how this is actually possible unless you are practising doughnuts!

[@necroslair]

Because the requirements to get a driver's license in the US are extremely lax...

[@R3DT1D3]

That's preferable to someone I saw stop in a roundabout AND THEN BACK UP TO TAKE THE EXIT THEY MISSED. There are a lot of very stupid drivers.

[@cvapolo]

She clearly comes from the land of infomercial people.

[@jmlemmi]

@Aidan S I would suggest a better schooling then. Safety is more important than that

[@Pesmog]

The video doesnt explain that in addition to lower speeds, one of the other reasons fewer people a killed or seriously injured on a roundabout, is that if is designed properly, then it is nearly impossible to T bone another vehicle. Most collisions on a roundabout tend to be at an oblique angle or low speed rear enders which significantly reduces the injury risk.

[@angelbeatswolf]

as someone who’s been rear ended at a low speed on a roundabout, roundabouts r the best thing ever

[@TM-tl6do]

That's actually a really good point. Thanks for bringing that up

[@deViant14]

Youre also all going the same way. So rear end collision speed difference of 5-10 mph tops. Otherwise up to 30 mph compared to a combined difference of 60 mph for a head on. Worst case.

[@Arkiasis]

Yep. With intersections so many accidents happen cause someone wants to make a yellow light and then t-bone someone at speeds of 70-80km/h. Roundabouts force you to slow down no matter what.

[@Tetrumo]

Buddy, you just said the magic word, "if"

[@MoiraMcGill]

"i'm afraid of missing my exit and needing to go around a couple times" ....still less complicated than making a wrong turn and having to flip a bitch where possible and back track

[@Nutty31313]

Also going around a roundabout takes like, what, 30 seconds at most? (depending on it's size of course) Whereas you could potentially get stuck at a traffic light for a few minutes.

[@jarls5890]

Also - if most intersections are roundabouts - if you DO exit the roundabout at the wrong place - as you enter the next roundabout it is super easy to do a 180 and go back to the one where you went wrong.

[@swedneck]

@@jarls5890 this is honestly the best thing about roundabouts, being able to just go back is amazing.

[@dek123]

Not the brightest lamp on the tree.

[@MoiraMcGill]

@@dek123 those who can't figure out roundabouts? agreed.

[@Rondogardener]

The raised islands at each entrance are really essential to making it work. We have one small roundabout in our town, but the islands are not raised, only painted. That allows people to make bad decisions and not be kept in the direction of flow.

[@douglasstemke2444]

But as I live in Carmel one issue as a pedestrian is that drivers can't see you until they are in the circle giving them very little time to react. I have almost been hit a few times. It means the pedestrian has to be more aware than they would at a stop.light

[@mamba101]

@@douglasstemke2444For pedestrians heavy areas it’s common to see traffic lights just outside roundabouts - the key note is they only go red when someone actually passes the button to cross the road.

[@prakrit8284]

1:48 'you miss the exit once so you go two or three times around' - what are you smoking while driving ?

[@MegaBYSON]

loooool

[@tyrongkojy]

Indeed.

[@jonasschmitt7476]

Thats what i thought haha

[@madshorn5826]

The Americans needs a roundabout DLC for GTA.

[@prakrit8284]

@@madshorn5826 Brilliant suggestion !!!

[@Roguesta54]

I'm an American living in Finland. I can usually drive from my house to the market, which is 15 miles away, without hitting the brakes even once. So, the roundabouts save on brakes and on fuel consumption.

[@Straswa]

I'd like to visit Finland someday, such a fascinating history.

[@babalonkie]

Roundabouts literately are better in every single way to a light interjunction in a congested area. Better traffic flow, Better fuel/car maintenance/consumption, No electricity needed, Low maintenance of junction and safer in every way. I mean the world including roundabout users still use light junctions so it's not like people are asking to get rid of them, it's just strange that people straight hate them for no valid reason lol

[@hifjurrahman8060]

Finland doesn't exist man.

[@Roguesta54]

@@hifjurrahman8060 I guess you create your own reality.

[@Grashnook]

'When they are forced to rely on their own driving abilities it leads to a confusing and scary experience' lmao

[@tlangdon12]

And having to rely on the actions of others. This is clearly the reason why roundabouts are not common in the USA!

[@JeiBeeBee]

LOL

[@jan_Masewin]

Nervous drivers slow down, making everything safer. Like how wide streets can make residential areas more dangerous.

[@Larwood.]

@@tlangdon12 You rely on the actions of others at lights as well, that's why they're more dangerous.

[@doghouseriley4732]

They aren't used to go round corners

[@exi8550]

the lady at 1:45 who says she's afraid of missing her exit is so puzzling to me because missing an exit in our regular roads would lead to at least a 20 minute detour in the city. missing exits in a roundabout literally does not matter as much as missing an exit in an american intersection

[@BenYork-UBY]

"I'm afraid I'll miss my turn and keep going around in circles" Speaking from a country that has roundabouts everywhere: This has never happened to me or anyone I know. It's so hard to miss your turnoff that you have to actually do this on purpose for it to happen. And if you do miss your turn, at least you'll have another chance in a few seconds and nobody will notice.

[@yama123numbercauseytdemand4]

Has happened to us once or twice, either because the signs showing our exit were barely visible (plants, destroyed/altered signs, etc.) or we were in a different country and weren't able to read the sign fast enough. The worst thing that can happen is that you either take a secound lap or exit at the wrong turn, notice, turn around and go back. Even if that were to happen regularily it is nothing to wild.

[@Seluecus1]

nobody? unless that circle is visually blocking the other side, the soon-to-merge drivers will see that one person do the extra loop. LOL. i'd love to see that.

[@quentin9628]

@@Seluecus1 nobody will care enough to notice.

[@Bobrogers99]

In two-lane roundabouts you can feel trapped if you are in the inner lane, and if you stay in the outer lane you conflict with exiting traffic. And then people DO notice if you try for another lap around and blast their horns because you're getting in their way.

[@quentin9628]

@@Bobrogers99 have literally never felt trapped in a two lane roundabout. If you do feel trapped, you probably aren't using the roundabout properly.

[@LittrowTaurus]

It reminds me of when seat belts became mandatory. People "didn't like" them either. They thought they would strangle them and trap them in the car if you had an accident. No matter what safety experts said.

[@pinolskun8764]

Imagine asking the same people who believe the earth is flat how useful a piece of tech can be

[@extragroovy735]

It's also uncomfortable

[@themonkeyhand]

I know someone who was told their grandma died because she was wearing a seat belt. Dude doesn't wear his. I imagine he's all for reopening the economy tomorrow since we just peaked today.

[@UncaAlbyGmail]

people still think that.

[@itsmrlonewolf]

I still wear a seatbelt since it makes sense in most cases! However I know a guy who literally broke is back in a roughly 5mph crash into a ditch! And the docs told him if he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt he’d have been fine! It just jerked his body in a weird way! And the other one is my friends dad who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and crashed into a tree! He was driving an old land rover and the force from hitting the tree made his roof fold inwards and had like a sharp edge that pinned him against the steering wheel and although it cut his back, it was just the right speed that it stopped there and didn’t cut his spine! But again he was told that in that case, if he was wearing a seatbelt then the roof would have either chopped his head off or sliced him in half, because the seatbelt would have stopped him from being able to move forward and be pressed up against the steering wheel! But in most crashes it makes sense! I also knew a guy who died when he rolled his van because he didn’t have a seatbelt on, so on the second roll he fell out the window and the van rolled over him and crushed him! With a seatbelt he probably would have had bruises and nothing more!

[@ignatz14]

"I'm scared I miss the right exit." Ok, can happen if you're distracted for a moment but how stupid or unattentive do you have to be to miss two or even three times?

[@amandaslough125]

I can understand taking an extra lap if you're not used to the area and trying to learn which way to turn, so you repeat it to get your bearings, or it's a 5 way intersection and you miss counted, but "oh no, you drive an extra 20 secs in an area", is quite silly.

[@gaara4667]

I was wondering the same thing

[@ts552]

The person who misses their exit at roundabout probably would have taken wrong turn after traffic light too...

[@virgiauskas]

I guess it's an American thing, like not knowing how to drive stick.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

Canada has a bunch of roundabouts and is busily making more. The only times I've had trouble with them were when there were signage issues (ie during construction, things are not well-lit or well signed until everything's complete, even if it's driveable), and using a GPS system that doesn't tell you road names. "Turn. Right. Now." is not helpful when you've got three choices in rapid succession and you don't know whether your navigator is at all delayed.

[@thornil2231]

Roundabouts are attractive, they can be used for flower, trees, sculptures, while traffic lights are ugly, waste energy, waste people's time. I am thinking about starting a pro roundabout campaign in California.

[@cayleece7890]

I agree. That's all very true! Roundabouts can greatly assist in beautification and adding greenery 🍃 🌸🌻🌹and yeah so are right about traffic lights. I think we could use more roundabouts 😊 People just need to get used to them. Perhaps one step forward would be to advocate for driving through Roundabouts to be part of future driver's exams? That way, all new drivers will have some experience with them? Just a thought 🤔

[@lukedaniels7750]

The Grand Prix of Long Beach goes acround a roundabout.

[@ChlorineRaven]

"scared I might miss the exit" I'm picturing that girl going around the roundabout indefinitely and screaming in panic in her car.

[@gank9]

Hahahahahahahaa underrated comment

[@usermax1317]

What a nightmare.

[@FischlInsultsMePls]

Poor girl, not having a brain sucks these days

[@corentinguillo5577]

That's a Simpsons Episode :p

[@emoryrubyg9631]

😂😂😂

[@SeriousStrategyGamer]

"I'm scared I'm gonna miss the exit" Aye, we lost aunt Sally that way. Missed her exit on the roundabout off the M1 and still running circling there, like the perpetual movement of the planets around the sun.

[@JosephAgrane]

Lol

[@bubbley1234]

When im a passenger and there aren't too many cars around i always ask the driver to go round a few times just for fun, cracks me up.

[@Songs-lr4wt]

I have done that a lot.... I circle around one more time, if I miss my exit.

[@photoo848]

Doesn't explain why 1 lane roundabouts aren't started with though. Can't get trapped on a 1 lane roundabout.

[@PetitTasdeBoue]

Reminds me of the simpson joke where they can't go out of the roundabout and stay in it for hours lol

[@sweetlorikeet]

My hometown in Australia had roundabouts at nearly every intersection and it was the best. Miss your turn? Take the wrong exit? No need to panic, you can just loop back around within a minute and get it next time. They're SO simple and logical, it's insane that Americans can't figure them out.

[@julianguesnon7380]

Canberra?

[@Real-Name..Maqavoy]

We Got Lots of Them in *NordicNations* as well. Its A Much.. MUCH Safer way for Vehicle Traffic.

[@coval5694]

I completely agree. Americans say they are more time consuming in heavy traffic but I've found they're much quicker. I've spent more times at lights due to heavy traffic than I have at a roundabout due to heavy traffic

[@Mernom]

What are you talking about? They are so simple and logical, so of COURSE Americans won't be using them.

[@corbis7765]

Don’t blame Americans, blame our dumb government leaders

[@captainoofmerica2478]

I live in VERY rural Alabama and so I’ve never even driven through a roundabout, and I’ve only ever seen one in person. My friend was driving and we were going to Oklahoma City if I remember correctly, at some point in the drive we come across a round about and I’ll never forget the terrified look on his face and him literally shouting “I DONT KNOW WHAT THE FREAK TO DO!” The moment he saw it 😂

[@sonamadik3851]

I just imagined that. xd

[@The_DuMont_Network]

There you go.

[@geoffreyvanpelt6147]

Which is why they need to paint arrows on the road at the junction and within the roundabout! Like they did in the first minute of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqS2oWudrd-ZoNE

[@milena39]

I live in a very rural area in my country, Italy, as well but we basically only have roundabouts now. There are only very few traffic lights left

[@lukedaniels7750]

@@milena39 Traffic lights are bad and should be avoided as much as possible.

[@adamstuartclark]

"I'm afraid I'm going to miss my exit and so I just go around three or four times". Solution; Pay more attention to where you need to go. On the plus side, roundabouts are more forgiving in that respect. Missing a junction that isn't a roundabout can often lead to a longer journey.

[@thatguy1630]

Yeah she made a damn fool of herself. How are you gonna be so big of a dumbass that you go around a roundabout 4 times? It’s seriously not that hard.

[@foitzer4839]

@@thatguy1630 they are less afraid of an oncoming collision than a second roundabout - it's ingenious.

[@Boborjan1986]

Thats just paint a picture of the people in the US. A rather bad picture, what i would love to not accept, but soo many times ive seen this same stupidity portrayed by US Americans, i just cant imagine, its not true.

[@joaocemoura]

Also, follow the rules of circulating in a roundabout and you'll never miss your exit

[@thatguy1630]

@@Boborjan1986 I’m American and you’d be surprised how many mentally deficient people have a license. A seriously question how many of these people actually passed their driving exam.

[@nowammies9986]

I drove in europe for 2 weeks, roundabouts became normal in a few days and when I got back to the US I realized how much 4 way intersections suck

[@tjampman]

4-way intersections are the worst... I finally learned to navigate them when I realized it was like a game of chicken...

[@1jackset1]

FINALLY. thanks

[@Becvar80]

The only people who hate roundabouts are ones who've either never actually driven through one or who encounter them only very rarely... and the truly ignorant.

[@bruzote]

@@tjampman - Circles are the worst as they are a higher speed game of chicken. You can't control other drivers. At 4-way intersections, as long as people stop, nobody is at risk of a moderate speed impact. In a circle, that risk is always there. I prefer control. Granted, when the traffic works in my favor, I love not stopping. However, sooner or later a bad driver or even a series of mildly sub-optimal decisions by various drivers can result in an accident.

[@bruzote]

@@Becvar80 - People like you assume you know it all. Maybe you live in a place where there is no "real" traffic. I don't know what, but your viewpoint is incomplete. I live in an area with circles. I don't like them. You have to rapidly accelerate to match speeds with the flow (fuel efficient cars these days don't do that well). You also have to watch out for people crossing two lanes to take an exit before they pass it. You have to watch out for people ahead of you suddenly braking for an exit, even as you must look behind you at the people racing up your rear. If you think that is not stressful, you don't live in an area with real traffic or else you fail to understand human biology and autonomic stress response.

[@robadoba]

"Scared I might miss the exit" Then just drive another round? That takes about 5 seconds? If you miss your exit multiple times then you're just either distracted all the time or just not fit to drive a car.

[@alphonsbretagne8468]

Truly, she's not the brightest candle on the chandelier.

[@overtheworl]

"just not fit to drive a car" most muricans aren't

[@Renotaraa]

These are the same people that will reverse on a highway if they miss and exit.

[@siffi22]

If you are distracted all the time while driving, you *ARE* not fit to drive a car imo 😅

[@sheevpalpatine1105]

@@overtheworl thats what happens if you get taught by your parents for like 4 weeks instead of an actual driving teacher

[@GaryRLuebke]

My first experience with roundabouts was in Prague Czech Republic a number of years ago. Had just picked up the rental car and almost immediately entered, without realizing, a very complicated multi-lane roundabout. It had cars, buses, bicycles, pedestrians as I recall. I thought WTF as I went in circles having never heard of these things. It took a few go arounds until I figured it out and managed to escape. Since that time I’ve been through countless roundabouts in Europe. Beginning to see more of them in the US. They are a great idea and eliminate T-bone collisions.

[@exessex3522]

1:45 One of the advantages of a roundabout is that you can go round again if you're unsure, or go back the way you came if you've forgotten something.

[@CS_Mango]

Something that might be illegal. It definitely is in Germany. The reason behind this is to prevent people from consistently blocking the entrance, therefore slowing down the traffic.

[@olivergille8305]

Near where I live there's a roundabout which at peak times always has a very congested left hand lane. I just use the right lane, go all the way around and then all the traffic has to give way to me lol

[@Kariouling]

@@CS_Mango You might get in trouble for driving multiple rounds on purpose and inhibiting traffic, but no one will complain about you taking an extra turn or two to orient yourself.

[@mitsi1995]

And you can keep going if you're feeling silly and singing "go around baby right round" or mimic the "Just keep swimming" by changing it to "just keep circling" A plus of the roundabout at the arc of triomphé in france is that it allows for trafic jam flirting a lit

[@Weathnarh]

@@mitsi1995 the roundabout at the "place de l'étoile" (at the Arc de triomphe) is one of the rare case in France where there is no signage whatsoever (no sign and no markings on the road). You then have to respect the yield to the right rule making the traffic ENTERING the roundabout have priority. thus provoking traffic jams

[@antoniocampos6627]

You ever drive home and get stuck at red light even though there’s no traffic? Yeah a roundabout solves that problem.

[@lesterjargus5311]

Red light sensors don't always change for motorcycles, either.

[@Ratraccoon]

@@lesterjargus5311 Sometimes they are mounted incorrectly and will miss a small car.

[@GameFreak7744]

Another solution some places use is just turning those off at night and allowing other traffic rules to take precedent. But yeah, roundabouts are generally more responsive to the ebb and flow of traffic, that could only really be achieved with fancy automation otherwise.

[@ian_bradley]

Yeah, until they restart putting traffic lights/signals up again at roundabouts causing the problem they were built to solve! And then, some idiot comes up with the idea of a throughabout!

[@StormTheSquid]

What about driving to work, already being late, and now you have to sit at a yield sign for 30 minutes to get into what feels like a gigantic car-blender because there's nothing there to force other drivers to wait and balance the traffic? This is something that basically happened to me and my family on a vacation when we encountered a roundabout for the first time. We nearly got smashed by a commercial truck because after 30 minutes, my dad, who was driving, got tired of waiting and took the first opening he could. He nearly stopped all traffic on the roundabout and almost caused a likely fatal accident. I was only six or seven, but I remember looking out all the windows and having a legitimate panic attack because I was worried all the cars were just going to smash us without a second thought. Even my mom and dad had thought that it was incredibly dangerous. I think the problem most Americans have with roundabouts is similar to this. They have to rely on the idea that other drivers won't just turn it into a massive steel blender and you just can't do that when nobody else knows the rules any better than you do. If people were *educated* about roundabouts in driver's education, I'd think implementing them would be a good idea, but *only* once everyone who doesn't know about roundabouts is off the road. Until then, roundabouts will always be considered death spirals by those who aren't used to them, and those who are will always be incredibly stressed about the people who aren't possibly making a poor decision and causing a massive accident. Then again I also believe people should have to retake their driver's test every year basically.

[@annabelholland]

Roundabouts still function normally in the event of a power outage. In a traffic light, when all of the lights are not working, the 4 way stop rule applies which often causes confusion, more traffic and a higher risk of accidents. Roundabouts also do not need electricity to power them

[@matthewconnor5483]

That's a big deal when a hurricane knocks out the power for a week+ in many towns along the coastal areas every year.

[@FizzyCape]

Roundabouts are better if only for the fact that you don’t have to wait out a red light if you’re the only car there

[@paulrey8036]

In Europe if lights are not working we have signs which says what way is the main way and after that /or the rule of right hand applies - no confusion.

[@supermelodia]

How long we have to wait in light when the light stopped working, I had this experience twice and you get stuck, I was on the left turn lane, only my light was not working. And other drivers don't even know your light is not working, otherwise they would let you go.

[@tameem1745]

Australia’s traffic lights just run on solar power😳

[@estebanod]

In France we have lots of roundabouts and they work perfectly fine, I see more accidents in regular intersections than roundabouts. In France we have two types: - "rond-points" (like the Place de l’Etoile, a 'traffic circle' I guess) where the people entering the roundaout have priority (usually because of triangular signs (priorité) or stop lights) - "carrefours giratoires" where the people inside the roundabouts have priority

[@zymagoras]

I love that lady's argument that if she misses her exit she has go around again. That's the whole beauty of roundabouts, you are not causing danger to others if you miss your exit. I wonder what she does if she misses her exit on normal junction.

[@ludvigericson6930]

[reversing light comes on]

[@evilmessiah81]

she makes an illegal U-Turn, i guess

[@RhuubarbJA]

@@evilmessiah81 It's basically a round one way street, there is no opposite direction to u-turn into.

[@AlexAnteMachina]

She did not understand what a circle is. So I wonder wether she should be allowed to drive a car.

[@bobtheduck]

Reminds me of the arguments Oregonians had about SOME towns making self-serve gasoline legal.

[@charlesr456]

"What if I miss my exit?" Then nothing happens. You just stay on the round-a-bout and give it another go. Worst case scenario is that you're inconvenienced by about the same amount of time you spend at a traffic light.

[@nbody6942]

And you use less gas if you don't have to come to a dead stop.

[@rogink]

If you take the wrong turn at the lights...

[@Thomas-jo8gq]

It can also be easily avoided by not being an idiot.

[@emilisayev469]

Thomas 123 bravo 👏

[@ROBLOXGamingDavid]

However, the only problem is: Getting motion sick by having to try that attempt again 3-5 times. (or getting dizzy)

[@langdalepaul]

One of the biggest safety benefits of roundabouts is that the traffic is all, more or less, going in the same direction, so any collisions are far less serious. Most accidents at traffic lights are T-bone or head-on, both of which are highly dangerous for the occupants. That’s in addition to the slower speeds.

[@noby5711]

Not only are they going in the same direction, also the speed is slowed way down, preventing any high speed impacts at at all.....unless someone goes right through of course lol

[@langdalepaul]

@@MichaelTheophilus906 not at speed. It’s incredibly rare to have a t-bone accident on a roundabout. Most accidents on roundabouts are from lane changes and are at low speed.

[@langdalepaul]

@@DonLicuala odd thing is, Connecticut isn’t the whole world. It isn’t false just because you have a single data point. In any case, read the statement again. This isn’t about simple accident rate but about safety. The whole video, and my point, is about the consequences of accidents, i.e. serious injury or death.

[@mysteriette_]

@@DonLicuala You mean the accident rate was higher bc Americans refused to learn how to use them?

[@tempestrage257]

@@noby5711 alot of drivers go right through, because 'they have right of way and can continue at 30mph +', not realising you still have to slow down, no matter what. Its a hazard in itself. alot of idiot drivers ignore this unfortunately😔

[@yourfriend5144]

In my driving test in Sweden i missed the first exit and continued straight, told the examiner 'oops, gonna make a U turn at next roundabout', so I did that. And passed the exam first time.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Getting lost is not illegal.

[@PurOwO]

@@XtreeM_FaiL Making a mistake can still cost you the exam though.

[@jekyll011]

@@PurOwO Depends on the mistake, missing the right way is something that wouldn't be against any rule, it could happen to anyone even with having a license and years and years of experience. So simply correcting the mistake while sticking to the rules by making a U turn where it is allowed and going back is perfectly fine, and allowed. Just like when you park in the exam you are allowed to correct the car's postion if you could't make it perfect the first time.

[@PurOwO]

@@jekyll011 You're right of course. It also depends on where you take your exam though, in Germany you could fail in that first instance, and you're only allowed two corrections or 1 entire re-attempt at parking the car. The exam isn't exactly exemplary of a real drive, and even most licensed and experienced drivers could easily fail it were they re-examined. Really it depends on whether your examiner is a douchebag or not 😬

[@redrox3312]

I just love roundabouts for that reason. Theyre designed to make turns in any direction easy. On the other hand, at an intersection, attempting a u turn is absolute hell

[@AirLancer]

Once you start playing Cities: Skyline you're just going to be constantly critiquing road layouts everywhere you go.

[@mikey08857]

LMAO!!!!

[@nuclearwarhead9338]

True that! Man I'm so pissed off by the way my city layout was built.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Cities skylines is proof round abouts work and that traffic lights suck.

[@whowhowhowhowhowho8139]

Correction, women don't like roundabouts because they can't deal with space time like men. Is a simple fact which comes from the 150000 years of evolution when men use to deal with space time matters wholesomely. Unfortunately feminism indoctrinate people making them think men and women have the same type of brain and or tries to impose stupid propositions insulting men's intelligence. Feminism is a form of indoctrination which is there to make women WORK, and salaries go down, just like immigration and the whole propaganda to make women like what men likes and men like what women like. You see when only one parent used to work salaries were higher since there was less competition... and that is not to even mention how men is more often starting their own companies and also more often striking when there are unacceptable situations... UNIONS USE TO BE THE 4th POWER. In Argentina, where roundabouts are common coin, women don't even discuss how men can deal with this and other similar situations when driving better. And these culture is also derived from the same countries USA does, only difference between USA and Argentina is 10 times less people and legal system does not work so it is all more corrupt like in all Latino America... though USA just lost its legal system so everything goes down... Should fight more for juries to be called just as often as before so corporations don't go away just bargaining and never getting sentences and setting precedents.

[@misstell5406]

@@whowhowhowhowhowho8139 ...wtf are you even talking about?

[@flavio_spqr]

The intersection a few meters from my house was left for years as a simple intersection, with just traffic signals. There was a crash every other day, and some people did die. Since they built the roundabout, I can't remember the last time a crash took place there. It's not rocket science.

[@PepeCabreraKC]

You need to stop it with evidence and facts. LOL!!!

[@PepeCabreraKC]

FYI... I think that these types of intersections should be the standard.

[@strictnonconformist7369]

Flavio F I'm wagering another advantage other than not hearing crashes and the emergency vehicles, correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't hear as much in the way of brakes being used as well as the revving up of noisy engines accelerating? Seems to me that'd be a selling point: easy getting in/out, quiet, safer.

[@sheyk3554]

ITS CIRCLE SCIENCE !!!

[@yeahnoway111]

No! I WILL MISS MY EXIT!! im a dumb f bitch

[@mr.-.-]

If you can’t figure out a roundabout you shouldn’t be driving. -thanks for the support in like minded thinking.

[@jaxxx010]

Very much agreed

[@gilgameshlfx7006]

Exactly. If only the one that plans the city actually know how to drive.

[@kathic6402]

If you can't figure out how to ride a bike on your own you shouldn't be breathing.

[@gilgameshlfx7006]

@@kathic6402 You're just being stupid. There's a huge difference between common sense and learned skills. Get off my planet.

[@patryder8923]

Chance Black: If you can't figure out how to say something useful, you shouldn't be typing.

[@Alarix246]

When I returned from Australia to my hometown in the Czech Republic in 1993, I tried to be active at local town halls and suggested they should build one or two roundabouts. The local chief of roads laughed at it and flatly refused it as a nonsense. Ever since I hold my reservations about a typical town officer - today they have many roundabouts around the country capital, but still none in my hometown.

[@rkalle66]

I'm living in Germany and we had the same discussion some 30 years ago when roundabouts widely were becoming available. Now I'm hating red lights ...

[@rkalle66]

@@kevinkarlwurzelgaruti458 I cannot speak for others. Roundabouts on a emty road maybe annoying but traffic lights surely will annoy more. Many small villages are using roundabouts on entry to enforce reduced speed inside the village (from overland to city speed limiit). In total roundabouts give better traffic performances to everybody as there a no stop signs, no traffic lights and no left turnings. Left turning is replaced by 3/4 in the circle. The size depends on traffic and space. The smallest I know are so small heavy trucks just drives over. Remember that Germany is smaller than California but with 82m residents and half of the country's topology is more of a montain range up to 1500ft. What we call rural is like suburban to you.

[@alberto1481]

@@kevinkarlwurzelgaruti458 A highway can't have roundabouts. If a road has roundabouts, then the road is not a highway.

[@Ch1n4m4nn]

@@kevinkarlwurzelgaruti458 well actually they like them. Roundabouts keep the traffic flowing. Especially if they on a road you often use you will recognize very soon that it's much faster. And no they will not be used on our Autobahn. They make sense on any other road though.

[@rieksstevens]

@@alberto1481 yes they can

[@alberto1481]

@@rieksstevens At least in my country, a road with roundabouts can't be called a "highway" (autovía or autopista in Spanish). They are called "high speed ways" (vías de alta velocidad). And use one of them very often, for example, from Pozuelo de Alarcón to Aluche, a neighbourhood in Madrid city. Y also use the M-40, M-45 and A-VI highways, which are really highways, but are a different kind of roads.

[@e-jthompson6322]

“When forced to rely on their own driving abilities it causes a confusing and distressing experience” oh my god that sounds like my dog when I fake throw the ball jesus christ

[@niemanickurwa]

Hahahah

[@nottheone582]

Accurate

[@Keelyn1984]

That always a sign of inexperience. Also many people just are unconfortable in new situations. F.e. they had to give out free alcohol and cognac for people to calm down after trying out Europe's first escalator at Harrods in 1898. Here in Germany I only worry about other drivers in roundabouts. I see more people entering a roundabout carelessly than I see people driving through a red light at an intersection. Especially bicycle lanes tend to be overlooked by these drivers. In a nearby city there's roundabout that locals tell you to avoid when you ride a bicycle because it's famous for drivers not seeing bicycles. Other than that I always prefer roundabouts over intersections.

[@Stormprobe]

Americans like being told what to do. If they try to make a decision, it will be a bad one.

[@EWOODJ]

@@Stormprobe You’d be surprised how false that is.

[@mathewkelly9968]

"You can always trust the Americans to do the right thing ....... after they've exhausted all other options" Winston Churchill

[@SRosenberg203]

He certainly was one for a pithy witticism, that Churchill.

[@zeeone4492]

You mean the war criminal racist eugenicist Winston Churchill crimesofbritain.com/the-crimes-of-winston-churchill/ www.vice.com/en_us/article/ae55v8/winston-churchill-racist-warmonger-sterilize-mentally-ill www.rt.com/op-ed/416209-churchill-ww2-movie-racist-imperialist/

[@samelbamel3500]

@@zeeone4492 From a website called crimes of britain... Yeah I don't think we could call it an unbiased source...

[@daijirokatoh3769]

I like Churchill optimism..

[@SRosenberg203]

@@samelbamel3500 Pretty much any .com source is less than reliable, unless it's an actual publication with a history of accuracy. .orgs are much more reliable, at least in terms of historical source information.

[@pamelanred5053]

We have a few of them here in Oklahoma. The biggest problem I have with them is that people don’t signal to let others know when they are exiting the circle. This makes it difficult for those needing in the circle.

[@jacketylon]

Generally the idea is that you signal where you want to go, not when you're exiting it

[@herrakaarme]

@@jacketylon That's the same thing.

[@LegoMan92]

​@jacketylon1518 actually, the standard is to put on your right blinker when you are exiting. That way someone coming In knows your exiting. Reason why people hate roundabouts is because overconfident people like you think they know what they're doing but do not which intimidates some people into not doing it correctly.

[@davidbroadfoot1864]

@@jacketylon The traffic regulations require you to signal before exiting.

[@ileana5593]

I'm french, and I see more roundabouts than traffic lights. Even in small villages I've seen tiny roundabouts with a special central plot to let bigger vehicules to roll over it. We often have signs before the roundabouts to show the differents directions each way goes so its easier to anticipate. And yes, this is for me the best solution to smoothly manage the traffic.

[@kieronmarshall2658]

the french roundabout was strange in the past when those already on it had to stop to let more traffic on . that was a crazy thing.

[@tiloalo]

Not really... Most of them are put on crossing were the main road see most of the traffic, and side road had a stop sign. Now everybody is slowed down and generate pollution by having to slow down and accelerate again... Especially outside city it just disrupt traffic

[@corail53]

You still have to yield before entering a round about in most circumstances - it is about the same time span spent at 4 way stop. There are of course some areas where it will help in flow but a lot really don't.

[@tiloalo]

@@corail53 especially most places were 2 way stop, with the main traffic flowing freely. With a roundabout, everybody is slowed down.

[@kieronmarshall2658]

@@corail53 all depends on time of day/traffic volume, lights will stop you even if no traffic at the other entries points.

[@MrJackalope15]

"We are trying to bring the British-style roundabout to the Western Hemisphere." I feel so mysterious and eastern.

[@remocres]

but british drive on the opposite side of road

[@Amyphere]

remocres and?

[@sebastiansilva3368]

The western hemisphere is full of roundabouts haha just not in the us

[@brazeiar9672]

@@remocres As do Japan and Australia

[@colonelcider8292]

@@remocres didn't the British do it first therefore everyone else copied the British wrong

[@johnnyvaughan5841]

Experts: Round-a-bouts are safer and more efficient. Americans: But Homer got stuck! My homie!

[@diobrando9842]

You’d be surprised the amount of people that don’t understand that the simpsons is making fun of them

[@C4H10N4O2]

Yeah, roundabouts are still shit. Where I live there's one every 2km in the middle of the road. Everywhere. So you have to go down to 20km/h and reaccelerate all the time. A lot of them are build only replace a turn to a really small town or something like that. So instead of having 5 cars a day waiting 5sec to turn, everyone on a departemental road (thousands of cars every day, not including trucks slowing to walking speed) have to take the god damned roundabout. Every 20 inhabitants shithole wants it's stupid roundabout. And they all get it ! Between my hometown and my flat (40km) there's 15 of them if I take the highway for 20km. If I take the small roads It's almost one per kilometer.

[@C4H10N4O2]

I feel like I didn't emphasized enough : roundabouts are hell, and speedbumps are built all around them. Super tall illegal speedbumps. I want to buy a 4x4 and stop suffering.

[@NKDuisburg02]

@@C4H10N4O2 i have a feeling its because alot of people are speeding. You seem to be pissed not being able to speed anymore.

[@tenou213]

@@C4H10N4O2 The major factors of a roundabout are safety and smooth flow, not direct travel speed. A big factor of the safety improvement is forced lower travel speed. Travel speed is more affected by overall road layout, of which intersections are a small part. Imagine if there were 15 light controlled intersections instead. Everyone trying to rush the light sounds less than ideal to me. Also when it comes to traffic speed, traffic turbulence such as those introduced by grid intersections build up far more sharply than turbulence generated by roundabouts - resulting in lower overall travel time even if straight-line travel is slower on a per vehicle basis. In other words, driving safely and more slowly gets everyone where they're going more quickly.

[@jameshiggins-thomas9617]

Design is important, I'm sure. My experience is that many do not actually slow drivers down in some directions and it can be difficult judging where vehicles in the circle are going, necessary to yield effectively (particularly if the circle speed is high).

[@EntropyConcept]

"When they're forced to use their own driving abilities..."

[@markusw9455]

Which "abilities"?

[@Crazael]

Personally, I'm less concerned about my own driving abilities than I am about the idiot in the other car.

[@horseshoe_nc]

It means they have to put down their phone and pay attention.

[@arriannaniv]

I don’t understand what’s so complicated. Car coming? No? Go it’s like turning onto a one way street

[@Beau_Caw_Kay]

@@arriannaniv it is because most American drivers are stupid or selfish. Either they do not know round about etiquette or they still speed/cut off other drivers so they can be first and get to their destination faster. I fear of an accident everyday since the occurrence of some dumbass ignoring traffic laws is so prevalent. Then we have people "multitasking", on the phone, or who just somehow do not know traffic laws.

[@LeHoink]

European young drivers drift in it with a manual & don’t miss the exit.

[@volcanoproductions7404]

Guess Australia is not a modern country

[@genesis209_gd]

Germans sometimes miss the exit.

[@jeangt9865]

Shadey: Germany is in Europe, So far from my personal experience European’s in general are good when it comes to roundabout turns and use of the right exit. Personally so far I have never missed my exit, unless I’m in a new place and accidentally miss the exit or take the wrong exit. The best thing about roundabout is say you accidentally miss the exit, don’t stop or panic just act normal and stay on the roundabout and when your right exit approaches just exit and make sure to use the right indicators so that you don’t confuse the traffic and this also helps in indicating where you are trying to exit to.

[@leoncalton9330]

No... No they dont

[@adameves5970]

It's not like roundabouts are hard LOL! Why would you insinuate that? Do YOU think they're difficult? Also, you don't drift in, there's a yield to cars entering. That is unless you're used to having ZERO traffic. Then of course you get on and off without looking. Doing something easy doesn't make you good, kid, LOL! Also, you people don't know what actual traffic is. Your roundabout is pointless.

[@thespian2494]

As an American, I freakin love roundabouts. It puts shame on me knowing those Americans find “comfort” in a traffic light. There is nothing comforting about a traffic light at all.

[@benjamincaron46]

Same here. As an Italian, proud to live in the land of the free, I'm always willing to to go through roundabouts. You can safely continue driving through between roads, and have your driving fun.

[@inchristalone25]

Me too! Especially since my only accident happened because of a huge intersection where I needed to turn left and had creeped too far into the intersection forcing me to turn despite a car that wasn't slowing down way way over on the other side heading straight towards me. Of course it was labelled my fault despite that they should have stopped.

[@Ballaurena13]

Sure there are comforts with lights over round-abouts. 1) You will indeed get a turn, even if you have to wait for it. This is not guaranteed at round-abouts. 2) You won't have to drive an annoying curve that only exists because someone decided to make one. 3) You won't have to repeatedly slow down suddenly from 55 to 25 on the highway to make the annoying curve for the sake of some usually empty side roads. 4) You get a quick break to stop and grab that water bottle trying to roll under your gas peddle, hand your kid his snack, etc

[@Raven5431]

@@Ballaurena13 ya we got some lights around here allways green unless someone is waiting at the side road so its a straight shot. Got some new round abouts I'm not a fan of only cause the lights were allways green anyway. I cant imagin a high traffic city like NYC haveing a bunch of round abouts while trying to get your turn into the circle. Though I could see it at least replacing 4 way stop signs. Traffic lights for high traffic, circles instead of 4 way signs and keep the 2 sign streets the same Is how I imagin things being incorporated.

[@willp.8120]

Roundabouts only are needed for small secondary roads with moderate traffic. They aren't a good fit for neighborhood streets, nor extremely busy roads.

[@liljepolak8565]

It's crazy how you're not required to navigate a roundabout during your driving license education! I live in Danmark and I had a whole 45 minute lesson where I just drove around an area with tons of roundabouts🥴 By the end of it I did learn to; slow down, look around, shift to 2. gear, go in, look around and exit So I'm thankful I can do that But DAMN I think that might contribute A LOT to America's disdain towards roundabouts, because I cannot imagine learning my way around a roundabout if I haven't been taught on how to navigate it, what speed to drive at and where to look for orientation That sounds incredibly stressful and dangerous! Even though roundabouts are chill

[@blu.berrii]

I've also noticed that Americans obsess over manual cars being "hard to drive" and preach automatic cars and then come to Europe and aren't licensed to drive 80% of the cars because they can't be bothered putting in an extra hour a week to get a manual license lmao.

[@blu.berrii]

I'll never understand only being licensed for automatic cars because surely that restricts you from so many options?? Need a rental ? oops they only have 2 automatic cars. need to borrow a friend's car? whoops its a manual.

[@JuanVega-ns5ok]

I’ve navigated a number of roundabouts in the U.S., Germany, and Australia. I much prefer them to having to stop at traffic lights.

[@juliomenendez9458]

@@blu.berriiwhy would I go out of my way to learn how to drive a manual when a vast majority of cars in the US are automatic? And no youth of America actually struggles with roundabouts, only the elderly

[@eq2092]

​​@@blu.berriiou don't need a special license to drive a manual vs automatic. The problem why most Americans can't drive manuals is they don't even make and sell those here. Same goes with a roundabout there are not enough of them in USA for people to practice on. I drive a manual truck but I had to specifically ask for it and that was 18-years ago if I were to buy a new truck it would be automatic.

[@shmick6079]

Ah yes, the old “I don’t want to have to think” conundrum.

[@ADivineTaco]

True, i wish it wernt like that and have lots of people driving manuals again cuz its more fun and engaging. Hopefull there be a day we have roundabouts everywhere.

[@CaptainLila]

Yes because thinking while driving is a bad thing. Too many people drive off "instinct" which we don't have. Most drivers aren't actively using their brain or thinking of their fellow motorist which is the real problem we have.

[@joshuad7953]

This AMERICA!!! We’re all about Football, Trump, stabbing dudes over Popeyes Chicken sandwich’s, narcotics and Porn. Thinking is for communist. You don’t wanna be a communist, do you?

[@theradioactiveplayer3461]

@@joshuad7953 Not thinking is for communists. Afterall, it's better to convince yourself there was no food to begin with than to ponder why in the hell the government starves your family while gorging themselves in the capital

[@Nyacinth]

@@theradioactiveplayer3461 have you ever heard of a joke

[@rookmaster7502]

When I'm driving in the middle of the night and there is virtually no traffic, it seems silly to have to stop and wait at every other intersection because of a red light. Especially if there are no other vehicles on the road. With roundabouts, I can zip right through without wasting time with the constant stopping and waiting for green.

[@KathrynLiz1]

Exacly so...and when the road is busy the flow is easier, the rules being very simple... just give way to the traffic on the roundabout..... If one is unfamiliar with the area and you miss your exit, just go round again... piece of cake!

[@rogersmith1408]

@@KathrynLiz1 in Heavy traffic they are not as good. if you have heavy traffic on 2 sides or more, other never get a chance to go at all and causes greater traffic problems. They are ideal in light to moderate traffic, but infact suck in heavy traffic conditions. Add snow to these and your in for a big treat as well :) They tend to feeze and melt and freeze, making for Ice circle of death! When going in straight lines you don't have this issue....

[@rookmaster7502]

@@rogersmith1408 Of course there are intersections that are not ideal for a roundabout. It's the street planner's responsibility to decide where a roundabout makes sense and where it doesn't make sense.

[@rogersmith1408]

@@rookmaster7502 Totally agree.

[@tmart43]

More modern American cities just change all the lights to yellow at a certain hour so this doesn’t happen, and in NY we don’t give a fuck about roundabouts especially because if no ones around then it’s just a stop sign bro lmao

[@aff77141]

As someone who wasn't "trained" to go through a roundabout before using one... It's not that hard. People just don't want to learn because they think the way it's already done must be the best

[@brendandavidson6120]

I think it's more that people simple don't use them enough to trust them. They are so rare in North America that even if you were taught how to use one, you will have long forgotten by the time you finally actually drive in one. This leads to lots of bad experiences for people who don't drive them regularly. Just need to keep teaching and keep building and eventually it will work itself out. They are obviously better when you are used to them but when you only see one every 5-10 years, they are intimidating.

[@Brisingr73]

@@brendandavidson6120 Honestly, I don't even know what there is to teach. The ones I've been to have yield signs, so all you need to know is how to yield..

[@Soliye.]

Worst is when people stop at a yield sign. I love roundabouts and believe they could replace a lot of lights that just create unnecessary traffic jam. They can easily vary in size and just overall simplify things.

[@Soliye.]

@@Brisingr73 I mean people in America (Canada included) have difficulty merging into highways properly.

[@Sam-dc9bg]

A problem is there aren't enough of them for people to even remember the rules or get comfortable with them. Even if someone googles it, they might not encounter it again for years.

[@speeezzz8519]

One thing that was not mentioned in the video is the different amount of lanes typically present in US. Here in Europe we typically have 1 or 2 Lanes in one direction: Ideal for a roundabout. In US however, especially in and around the cities you typically see 2-3 lanes in one direction. And there is the problem, a 3-Lane-roundabout doesn‘t work! I guess the comparison is not that simple, best would be to use either type in the correct environment. Here in Europe, we also don‘t have that many roundabouts in the city center because it wouldn’t work as well as traffic lights. They are mostly used in smaller towns with 1 lane traffic and we have a lot of small town connected to another, therefor more roundabouts in general

[@lennybuttz2162]

Good Grief we have roundabout in our city that have 4 main lanes and 2 exit lanes at each "corner". Then you have people driving these super huge SUVs who think they own the road paying more attention to their phone than the lane they're traveling in and aren't the least bit bothered by wandering into another lane as if the lines on the road are there for decoration.

[@pxlmvr7]

You won’t get a lot of comments or likes on this post lol! People love half information.

[@exeterman2]

​@@Oblitus-te3czspace is at a much higher premium in European countries, America has an overabundance of space.

[@alansach8437]

@@exeterman2 Not in downtown areas.

[@emmanuelkieti5106]

We have 4 lane roundabouts in major cities across the world

[@ricwalker6600]

I am an european so i am fairly customed to roundabouts and love them. but when i learned about traffic circles at 3:10 i was speechless. no wonder roundabouts have a bad reputation after people had to deal with that insane atrocities!

[@Nokyyyyy]

Yeah.... It looks so painful

[@jackmathieson1903]

Some large roundabouts in the UK jave traffic lights like these. I think it's because they are so busy that it would be impossible to enter otherwise.

[@kishin928]

I agree too, I'm french and used to the modern roundabout, I would never like this traffic circles 🤣

[@daniaawni5180]

The irony in the first sentence

[@smash461986]

I read 'an european' and had an aneurism in my brain.

[@Rockport1911]

9:26 If the simple concept of " Yielding" to other traffic is already to much, you shouldnt be behind the wheel :)

[@ReadR00ster1]

trust me, I yelled it enough times. It doesn't make any difference, my friends are in the car with me they tell me, "don't you dare let anyone in front of you." That is just the way it is in this country, we can never agree on anything ever and never do anything the same way.

[@markfrommaryland3825]

Yielding is un-American, you need to dominate the circle and the traffic in it. Which is what President Trump might say if he were allowed to drive again.

[@wherezthebeef]

Roundabouts and Rotaries simply are not addressed in US Driving schools. There's an amazing level of uncertainty as to who has right of way.. US drivers in rotaries drive too fast, suddenly stop.. if they miss their 'rotary-exit' (even though all they have to do is another lap around the rotary to get the exit again...), or slam on their brakes because they see a car approaching the rotary at high speed and think they're about to be hit.. and get rear-ended. Go ahead, laugh. You have people with drivers licenses from all over the world, many unsure about rotaries.. illegal aliens driving on our roads.. in numbers. Distracted drivers paying more attention to their cellphones and don't realized they've just entered a rotary at high speed. So yes, I hate them.

[@xLilLilyx]

@@wherezthebeef "Illegal aliens driving on our roads"? Did you just manage to show your racism in a conversation about roundabouts? I'm not surprised that they might be a little too complex for you to get your head around.

[@roy_hks]

Jim Gavioli They work fine here in Europe, even though they at some point also had to be introduced. It isn’t as if we had them forever.

[@Munnmaista]

I love how the "reasons" that all of the Americans gave for not liking roundabouts was basically "we don't understand them so they don't work"

[@jlhitz35]

That's basically the US's reasoning behind anything.

[@candlestyx8517]

They are confusing and a bit daunting at first until you get used to them.

[@thatwouldbeillogical]

They didn't even list the reason that I don't like them. Cars that are exiting a roundabout don't use their signals to tell that they are taking an exit, so I never know if a car that's coming around will be taking the exit before me so that I can go, or if they will continue to go around. In heavy traffic situations it leaves me sitting there forever not knowing when I can go.

[@oxfordsparky]

@@thatwouldbeillogical some people using things wrong doesn't make them wrong.

[@thatwouldbeillogical]

@@oxfordsparky By some people, you mean all people, obviously.

[@inn0x]

I love how roundabouts require no power (except lighting for larger ones) and are almost maintenance free, making them reliable throughout the year regardless of the weather.

[@lennybuttz2162]

You're forgetting about the cost involved in putting the roundabout it in, it's HUGE! They still need to be maintained, painted, cleaned, plowed, they are not maintenance free.

[@inn0x]

@@lennybuttz2162 I didn't say it's "maintenance free". I said "almost maintenance free". I'm in Hongkong and there are quite a few roundabouts near where I live. In comparison I'm pretty sure I've seen more faulty/damaged traffic lights that need to be worked on than roundabouts. In fact I don't even remember the last time seeing any maintenance work on roundabouts, and those that I've been using pretty much remain unchanged for decades. Yes large ones do require substantial maintenance costs, on top of the initial setup cost for putting them there in the first place. But there are also very small ones that are nothing more than just a painted circle a few metres wide in the middle of a junction so I don't know how expensive they can be to maintain compared to a set of traffic lights? 🤔️

[@supercarjude7201]

So basically, "I don't like roundabouts, not because they don't work, but because I'm too incompetent to use them"

[@herrakaarme]

They have never used them. They just assume they are too incompetent to use them. Usually when talking about national stereotypes, Americans are seen as very self-confident and boisterous, but suddenly here the majority of Americans genuinely believe they would be unable to use roundabouts. All of Europe can use them, yet the private cars loving Americans supposedly can't. It makes no sense.

[@RollerdinoGaming]

To be fair, it's in the common ignorant way of "I just don't like them >:("

[@Milesco]

Not incompetent, really -- just unaccustomed. Despite Americans' supposed historical reputation for being rugged, adventurous individualists, we're actually very resistant to change. Hence our reluctance to adopt the metric system, the practical impossibility of amending our Constitution, and our irrational clinging to an expensive, byzantine healthcare system and refusal to adopt any kind of universal one that would cover everybody and cost less.

[@khanikun2587]

lol, a unversal healthcare system that would cover everybody and cost less. You obviously trust the US government too much. Everything they make fails. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Dept of Education, Dept of Transportation, etc. They're all gigantic money pits that fail at what they are suppose to do.

[@pastek93]

ikr, i recently discovered that the vast majority of Americans drive automatic cars lol

[@revus5078]

it's so annoying when someone's counterargument boils down to I don't feel like changing.

[@rudyschwab7709]

As is when the argument for change is merely change itself.

[@mega17]

And yet, protesting the change requires they change their day to day life anyway. The hypocrisy is stronk.

[@Ravenwraithstudios]

How about the real argument: Roundabouts take twice the space of intersections, and the US would have to buy up good cornerstone property to install them in the cities that people think they should be in. And they just don't think it's cost effective.

[@wohdinhel]

re: literally all conservative thought

[@revus5078]

@@Ravenwraithstudios dang it, back to law school for me.

[@ViciousVinnyD]

Roundabout Pros: + Faster + Safer Cons: - Requires a drivers license

[@JerEditz]

So if there are no roundabouts, I don't need a license??? the DMV lied to me!!!

[@rlas]

@@JerEditz i mean if they dont even educate u to use one the right way. I think more like a no

[@JerEditz]

@@rlas the right of way works the same on a traditional 4 way intersection. Just the roundabout is more of like if you're merging on a very slow interchange.

[@rlas]

@@JerEditz the thing is the "fast living feel" while people are in cars. This goes for everyone with HP under the hood (not only the US). People got in general issues with accepting to wait because someone else got the priority. Its also rare that someone gives up on his priority, that can lead to stuck traffic. (Can also happen when there is one roundabout and a ton other crossroads with traffic lights. Its a long process i guess

[@JerEditz]

@@rlas yeah probably

[@MissGaelSML]

In our rural county, a modern roundabout recently replaced a 4-way stop at an intersection that had seen several fatal accidents. It works really well. We almost never have to stop to go through the intersection, even when making what used to be a left turn. We go through this intersection several times a week, and we're glad they built it.

[@SpartanForces117]

„I‘m scared to use the roundabout, because I could miss the exit“ People with that mindset should not be on the street

[@mkontent]

> skip an exit on an American highway > that little maneuver will cost us half an hour > skip an exit on a roundabout > So scared of losing a minute of my life... Literally the least rational fear ever

[@Akinto710]

@@mkontent And then in America you have huge, 6 lane highways (where nobody keeps right) with cloverfield junctions and exit ramps on both the left and right at the same time. I never been more confused and stressed in traffic than when i was on vacation in the US driving on the highways

[@IstvanThree]

And the lady missed one little detail - if you miss your exit, just drive around the f-in circle one more time, ore two, or 10 times, and you will make it to your desired exit! 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@mkontent]

@@Akinto710 Same here actually. I got confused even as a non-driver, trying to assist the driver with the navigator.

[@Kafei01]

If you miss the exit on a roundabout : don't panic, just do a complete turn and you will have another chance. Good Luck, you can do it !

[@escudojoreg5194]

"You can always expect Americans to do the right thing. After they've tried everything else." Winston Churchill

[@normahiggs9288]

Defer to.vehicles on the left, signal and exit from the right

[@MrDogfish83]

that's hilarious

[@wernersgaminglounge5235]

At least they drive on the right side of the road like 90% of the world

[@lindgrenland]

@@wernersgaminglounge5235 But they lose so many points because of the imperial system, almost nothing can make them come back from that. Well, kicking the orange buffoon out earn them some points, but putting an old guard post 9/11-globalist clintonian there instead automatically take away 50% of the buffoon points. Being absolutely instrumental to the western allies in WW2 and also being the first, and only, nation to land on the moon gave A LOT of points, but sadly the Vietnam War and various Cold War shenanigans lost them those points - like neo-conservatist Reagan *cough*contra affair*cough* Lewinsky was cute, so a few points there, but Bill lost those. Then 9/11 gave them a lot of much needed sympathy points, but Bushin' it into Iraq for oil lost some of those, I'm afraid. Offing a few zealots here and there earned some points, too. Obama was funny and got Lad Binny, so points. Epstein and everyone in power chillin' at his Pedo Island lost points, believe you me. Even Tiger King couldn't make up for that loss! Also, Game of Thrones final season lost A LOT of points. I'm not keeping count of these points at all btw, but regardless I still like Americlaw, whilst I truly loathe my own Swedenpuff. We practice the darkest of the arts (even worse than all the forbidden spells): Nonus Europeanius Massius Migrationis. There's no coming back from that point loss.

[@wernersgaminglounge5235]

@@lindgrenland Du bist mir ein wilder Typ

[@eaaeeeea]

I've played enough Cities: Skylines to start hating traffic lights and road intersections with a passion. Enter roundabouts, bicycle lanes, walkways, buses, trains, metro and trams, and now my city runs so smoothly. Roundabouts and options to get around is key!

[@MasthaX]

Don't forget pedestrian crossings so they will walk 20 miles to their work ;).

[@Helladamnleet]

The literal only thing that pisses me off about Cities Skyline is by the time you have the money/tech to do bigger roads and roundabouts you can't put them where you need them the most because you'd have to tear down like 500 houses and businesses.

[@chaygrice7612]

That is the exact same situation many American, and most likely every other counties, cities also face. So if anything, CS is accurate simulating life in that way.

[@wombat4191]

Normal traffic lights are awful in C:S (even worse than just plain equal crossroads without lights), while roundabouts work reasonably well. But roundabouts become god-tier with TM:PE and proper setup, while custom traffic lights with it are okay and setting them up is actually pretty fun.

[@jg6551]

is that game still worth purchasing? I was really close to buying it a couple years ago

[@DeanBobolini]

I used to hate roundabouts, but after I lived in a town that had a few of these things, I did learn to like them. In fact I noticed a portion of my road rage dropped due to some stupidity I no longer had to face at normal intersections.

[@gypsy97feder94]

I lived in Ireland for 3 years; I HATED ROUNDABOUTS! So glad we don't have a ot of them in the U.S.

[@thetrickster42]

As an Irish person who only recently learned how to drive, roundabouts are amazing but are definitely intimidating for beginners. It’s hard to believe they’re on roads in America but people aren’t taught how to use them. That would help a lot I think.

[@californiahiker9616]

They’ve been appearing here for fewer than 10 years or so. Even if you’re not taught how to use them they are pretty straightforward. Right before you enter it says yield to oncoming traffic, all entrances have the same sign. Once you’re in you own the circle until you exit. I’ve only seen one lane circles, and most have just 4 entrances. No double lanes, double circles or anything complicated.

[@rottendrestantje]

@@californiahiker9616 Don't forget to mention Turbo Rounabouts.

[@rottendrestantje]

Anything is a bit daunting for beginners. Americans are just squeamish wenn it comes to anything new.

[@thebeesknees715]

Depending on where you live. you may not have any roundabouts around to even practice on or experience, let alone use them for a driver's exam. It's a bit of a catch-22 situation, where people aren't familiar or comfortable with roundabouts because they don't learn about them in a low-stress situation, so they don't support the construction of roundabouts, which leads to fewer roundabouts and more people unfamiliar with them

[@dianaholberg2300]

They're not really on the roads in America. I've encountered only 3 or 4 in more than 50 years of driving in multiple states.

[@matthewvp8507]

Fun fact: every single roundabout in Slovenia has unique decor/artwork in the middle. No 2 look the same. They often have artwork that references why culture of the nearby town

[@dimitridehouck9506]

Yes. I loooove your country man!

[@BlankBrain]

They're placing art in some roundabouts in Oregon, US.

[@Gambit771]

That is amazing. In the UK I went to a small town that had a classic British public service vehicle museam. Buses, fire engines and so on but also tanks and jet fighters and the museum placed a tank and jet fighter on or around a couple of the roundabouts. That's the sort of thing councils should be doing. Decorating them like Slovenia.

[@bengtmowitz5012]

Same in Sweden 🇸🇪, often locally "exhibitions".

[@Y7X7]

We fill ours with flowers in Norway.

[@DanWi90]

“Some people say, "Give the customers what they want." But that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, "If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, 'A faster horse!'" People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page.” Steve Jobs

[@johanness6545]

This is gold, I just took a screenshot

[@FrozenBusChannel]

A famous quote within a famous quote. Gotta save this

[@CW25710]

Nice but roundabouts are good

[@JackSinister]

Thanks, Jeff

[@holger_p]

That is valid for new products. But on the same time you are saying the client is stupid and inexperienced.

[@Marlon021000]

They just work great and are cheap, but you have to follow the rules! Here in Brazil, the drivers usually don't, for example, you have to keep the left turn light on when you're circling it, and the change it to the right turning light when you're going to exit, also, the car that is already in the roundabout has the priority over the ones that are trying to enter it

[@sheepdog8442]

I dont think this can be correct. I have been driving for 20+ years and just pastg my motocycle licence. Blinkers should only be used when you change the lane on the roundabout or exiting it, showing the left blinker when you are not changeing to an inner lane is confuseing to other drivers.

[@Marlon021000]

@@sheepdog8442 you might be right, but the law in Brazil says that you have to keep the left blinker on, you can even get a ticket if you don't, but drivers ignore it anyway, they don't use the left, neither the right blinker

[@petterteignesse5486]

@@sheepdog8442 Its the rule in Norway as well. It’s less for signalling to others in the roundabout, and more to tell the people outside where you’re planning on going. Plus if you’re blinking left in the inner most lane there isn’t really anywhere you could go that would be confusing🤷🏻‍♂️

[@liljepolak8565]

In Denmark we use it to signal that we'll take the last exist It's not a law, it's not required, but it's a neat indicator to your intentions But just in general: IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE CIRCLE BLINK MF So many times I've missed my opening, just cuz some driver turned their thinker off and "I turn here, no need blink, I just go🤤" Grrr

[@jacksquatt6082]

Roundabouts are bullshit. With traffic lights, everyone knows how they work. There is no "estimating the distance and safety factor." There is just stop or go. Roundabouts complicate it.

[@scotth6814]

I've been driving for 47 years and never saw a roundabout before. Recently my town put a couple of them in. It took awhile to get used to them. The problem is with aggressive drivers who don't yield to vehicles already in the roundabout. These are the same drivers who don't wait their turn at a 4-way stop.

[@paulusvanaken2135]

You hit the mail on the head!

[@alexandrealmeidamagalhaes7768]

Roundabouts suck. They depend on the drivers' common sense, skill and civility, and those are not evenly distributed.

[@paulusvanaken2135]

@@alexandrealmeidamagalhaes7768 q.e.d. All driving depends on common sense, but US drivers need to be stopped by brute force, e.g. trafficlights, due to the absence off common sense. Educated people in other countries love them, because you don't have to stop so often. But yes, it takes a certain amount of brains.

[@wandilismus8726]

@@paulusvanaken2135 you just dropped the mic.

[@mariojanaf5474]

@@alexandrealmeidamagalhaes7768 that's the problem with all human interactions. they are safer, but people must learn how to. and we know people don't like the new stuff - especially old people... in conclusion - there is nothing wrong with roundabouts - there is something wrong with people...

[@fani5000]

"They are comfortable with the binary system that controls their actions and makes decisions for them." Is she talking about traffic lights or politics?

[@MonkeyButtMovies1]

I though MURICANS loved freedom!

[@TarsonTalon]

@@MonkeyButtMovies1 Well, me too...but somehow we've been infested with Karens recently...

[@killmeister2271]

both lmao

[@jimbob9086]

Bof.

[@williamhutchinson7]

sheep

[@scarpfish]

When you forget something at home and need to turn around, you'll learn to appreciate roundabouts.

[@khitan1326]

When you can't get out of your housing estate in the morning because you can't get on to the roundabout with giving way to the constant stream of rush hour traffic, you'll learn to hate them. No-one lets you out on a roundabout.

[@thijskroft785]

@@khitan1326 honestly, i drive on them al the time and i never ever had that problem. Usually when it is really busy, the traffic on the roundabout will just let you in.

[@robinpolk5040]

@@khitan1326 I've never seen that happen in my life.

[@plamerton7306]

@@khitan1326 Guess you're just 'The American Driver', lazy - with no thought for others that dirve the same highways. We are lucky to have space but don't know how to best use it. I regularly drive the UK, the one thing they ain't got is space. The UK is tiny compared to US. Their round-abouts are just fine if you know how to use them. As they say bud, 'Knowledge is power', we could learn alot from the UK, about driving.

[@pleissbach]

@@khitan1326 This is nonsense. First its not true (in Europe) and second, you dont need someone to let you out. You have always someone who is gonna take the way/street out of the roundabout where you wanna go in. So you can take the free place... if you know how to drive ;).

[@mindofzay2025]

I was just driving through Carmel and the outskirts of Indy. And I can confidently say that if it weren't for those roundabouts the traffic in those areas I passed through would've been an absolute nightmare. Crazy how much they help out with traffic

[@ziploc53]

Roundabouts work after a hurricane while traffic lights don’t.

[@kerryfoster1]

We have a set of lights locally which used to be a roundabout. Can take 20 minutes to get through so I never go that way. If the lights break down yu get through in no time!!!!

[@GrnXnham]

This is probably the best reason for roundabouts. People have absolutely ZERO clue what to do at an intersection when the power is out! Half the people stop at the intersection and just sit there. The other half blow through the intersection like a friggin idiot! Roundabouts eliminate this problem.

[@Rybakov22]

@@GrnXnham In Russia, there are actually rules about that. Signals > Temporary signs > Permanent signs > Road quality > Right-hand rule. Actually, intersections are made with shutdown in mind, so every intersection have priority signs.

[@amberdragonis1932]

@@Rybakov22 in American you treat non working lights as stop signs but people freak out and can’t remember that.

[@snavsmatiq]

They do, if a traffic light is malfunctioning or is off it is to be treated as a 4 way stop sign. Did you really think there was no contingency plan for that?

[@evabuchberger5787]

and a nice thing about roundabouts is, that there can be art or plants in the middle

[@its_just_seb]

Yes! As a kid i loved coming up to a roundabout while sitting in the car because i'd get so excited to see what was in the middle

[@Nokiramaila]

True ! In France we have a LOT of roundabouts, and each one of them is unique, sometimes displaying art and sculptures that are beautiful, or funny or even ugly. With my family when we were on a trip we would often elect the best and the worst roundabout.

[@Account.for.Comment]

It is the best way to mark the location. It give an identity in the place beside "something about the nature" name for a series of alphalt street.

[@Torkai]

people here would probably just drive right though the middle lol

[@JaggedBird]

@@Nokiramaila we actually followed your example! Almost every Irish round about has either a rounded art mosaic, a statue, a sculpture/metallic art, or a small garden that is in the works or blooming. It's the same in the UK but ours always has something there Have you seen the one in Sligo? I mean it's a road sphere! It's actually really nice!!! In Roscommon there's a Viking boat styled anchor carving. By that, I mean the style on the boat is on the sculpture of the anchor. It's beautiful. Thurles? There's a lot of hurling related ones; even one with the founders. Espically near where the sport was born. Small towns like where I'm at have beautiful local flowers and some have ones that grow only in that county. Thanks county council.

[@MacGuy3135]

“I’m scared I’m gonna miss the exit” Well I’m scared you’re allowed to drive.

[@neildennis7294]

They think they’ll all be Clark Griswold staring at Big Ben and Parliament for three hours going in a circle.

[@arposkraft3616]

and the obvious benefit of it being a circle is that you can just drive round and try again... now try that on a crossing

[@cityplanner3063]

arPos Craft yep. I accidentally missed my turn one so I just went around again. Instead of doing a u turn or taking another street.

[@ItsAsparageese]

It's obvious that the chick in that clip is speaking hypothetically and hasn't experienced them. It's reasonable to be unclear about something unfamiliar

[@kdrapertrucker]

If you miss your exit you just go around again. I like the roundabout. It doesn't back up traffic at intersections.

[@trocadero05]

Im literally 15, and I can drive my moped in traffic here in sweden, and I love roundabouts, I feel safer with them, and the traffic is so much more fluent with them. Also, if a 15 year old can understand and drive in a roundabout (the whole of sweden and europe too), adults in America should also be able to

[@DexM47]

In Switzerland, you can get fined if you "miss your exit" in a roundabout more than once, since it means that you either (1) can't drive properly, and/or (2) are trying to congest traffic on purpose. In both cases -> fined.

[@alex_iob]

1 miss is understandable, but more means you shouldn't be allowed to drive. Nice job Switzerland, approved.

[@silveriorebelo8045]

or, you are dizzy going around and you are a danger to other cars - fined...

[@namechangerfre7296]

Or you're lost?

[@DexM47]

@@namechangerfre7296 Then you're in the first category, you can't drive properly ^^ If you're lost, you stop your car on the border of the road, sort out where you are, and then keep driving. You don't do that while going in circles in a roundabout.

[@namechangerfre7296]

DexM47, firstly, I used a question mark, so I was posing a question, not referring to myself; secondly, I don't actually drive so I wouldn't 't be in that situation (and if I learnt to drive I imagine I'd learn the road rules); and thirdly, I know you can't read my mind, but I was remembering a coach trip to Wales once, where our driver went around the roundabout three times trying to get the right exit, perhaps I found it amusing, and felt sorry for him because I'm a non-driver, as was my mum's elderly aunty sitting beside me, who also found it amusing), but maybe all the passengers who could drive were fuming at him?

[@hypnoticmoai6509]

Pros: - Safer - Saves gas - No light poles needed - Can be drifted!

[@lostincyberspaceIII]

That last point is the best.

[@edgymemelord4205]

Too bad the last point counters the first point but that’s okay

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

@@edgymemelord4205 you only drift an empty roundabout. Usually at night. Don't do it with others near.

[@qua7771]

Just call them driftabouts.

[@Elliandr]

Cons: When wide enough for passing, people will pass even if not allowed to, and so collisions WILL occur. In St Louis the roundabouts have the worst collisions because of the people driving.

[@SethanderWald]

Having lived in Indianapolis my entire life, I've been through the roundabouts in Carmel plenty of times. And I must say, I much prefer them over traditional intersections. :)

[@jasonbenavides6733]

Levi Guiney I in Lawrence which is in indy

[@docholladay7638]

I absolutely prefer them

[@GaryTugan]

Agreed!!

[@deityINSTINCT]

until you get some dipshits from noblesville or anderson.

[@j317]

I live in nap too and I wouldn't say I prefer them but definitely don't mind them and I'm also very used to them going to carmel alot

[@jeffking4176]

My first encounter with a Roundabout was in Kansas City. This was back in the late 1980’s when I lived there. There were a couple of them, and my Cousin took me through them, and showed me how they worked. Jacksonville Florida, and all over Florida , more and more Roundabouts are gaining in “popularity “ by various DOT offices. I think it’s less people not liking them, but more, people don’t know how to use them. They get confused. I have no problem with them, other than others being clueless. 📻🙂

[@IndependentBear]

Winston Churchill observed that 'Americans always do the right thing, AFTER they have tried everything else."

[@Rescel1]

Made my day

[@JRCnone-xj7rv]

*Insert meme*: they had us in the first half not gonna lie

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

Very accurate.

[@YManCyberDude]

Please provide the quote . . .

[@wherezthebeef]

American here, and have to say, Winston Churchill was the embodiment of courageous leadership. Tremendous wit, Mind like a steel trap. Biting, dry sense of humor. Side note: One of Donald Trump's first acts as President was to return the famous bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office. Lady Astor comeback is my all time favorite :-)

[@spongebob8324]

"They are comfortable with the binary system that controls their actions and makes decisions for them" - Laaaaaand of the Freeeeeeee

[@semi6544]

I barely trust drivers on the road to stop at traffic lights. The circle forces you to trust that people will yield without instructions. You have to trust people aren't driving while distracted. It is like making decisions based on your guess of what the next driver will do. Traffic lights give you hints on what the other drivers will do. I'm sure the circles are safer but I don't trust other drivers so I prefer the lights.

[@michaelcap9550]

Just because it's used in Europe doesn"t mean it's a good idea. Coastal elites have trouble with that.

[@bartenvancasand8096]

Michael Cap Experts and this video: ‘Roundabouts are safer and faster’ Micheal ‘Murica First’ Cap: ‘JuSt BeCaUse SoMEtHinG iS USeD in EUrOpe DoeSNt mEAn iTs a GoOd IdeA’

[@snkybrki]

@@bartenvancasand8096 Jesus, chill. You don't have to be so offended by a comment, mate.

[@goawaygosh]

Onyx Scale And Americans don’t need to get so scared by a circle, yet here we are.

[@backslash68]

In the city where I live in Italy, traffic lights are being replaced by roundabouts. It had really big benefits with reduction in traffic jams.

[@rocco_fuchs]

Im from Germany. The last time i saw an Italien driver use one, he just went the wrong way in and didnt care. Since then I will never drive in your country, that bitch scared me

[@francescopiazzi6125]

@@rocco_fuchs stupid people are everywhere

[@adamdesouza6153]

Je H Europe will be Europe 🤷‍♂️

[@giacomorapuzzi9866]

I saw someone speed through a roundabout in Italy and end up totaling their car in half somehow. (I’m from Italy)

[@francescopiazzi6125]

@@giacomorapuzzi9866 conosco gente che in moto le taglia passandoci sopra, viviamo nel posto piú bello del mondo 😂

[@itscookielookie]

I remember one time we were driving in the circle of a roundabout and somebody entered without waiting for us to finish passing. I screamed and my mom hit the breaks. I still remember the car was inches away from us and it felt like it was moving in slow motion for a second.

[@pboytrif1]

Roundabouts: Safer and quicker than intersections Americans: I don’t like it. *Logic has left the chat*

[@pboytrif1]

ReddNekk13 and circles are squares with infinite sides, and?

[@T1Oracle]

American's don't like logic. Just look at who we put in the White House.

[@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove]

@@T1Oracle Look who we kept out of the White House.

[@baconwizard]

ReddNekk13 I love how Americans can’t have an actual debate and instead call each other names like they’re in preschool.

[@mxecho]

you forget the simple fact; roundabouts are gay.

[@ameliaklarecki]

"oh no, I have to actually think while driving! Such an annoyance!" -most of the United States for some reason.

[@ctlspl]

Not limited to driving.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824]

Most of america? Cheddar is wrong we dont hate roundabouts its that we cant fit in anywhere

[@RudyBleeker]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 roundabouts don't actually take up much more space than intersections with traffic lights and the likes, so that shouldn't be an issue. The Netherlands, where I'm from, is a small but very densely populated country where space is at a premium, but we have lots of roundabouts and prefer them over intersections.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824]

@@RudyBleeker Here in nyc we have roundabouts in and near the end of the residential places of queens Brooklyn and bronx

[@cuckycuckcuck7431]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 space is not the issue. We made a few out of tiny intersections. They can be small and doesn't have to be as big as shown in the video

[@Darca1n]

As someone working on getting their driver's liscence here in Norway, I love roundabouts, they're so much less annoying to get through than intersections.

[@UserUser-ww2nj]

Good luck

[@kalebwieland4938]

I love 'em too, and I only live in America. I'm close by a roundabout I used to practice driving around 40 miles from me.

[@thommyavv8905]

Im getting my driver's license too, the two things I don't like is the fact that its hard to choose a gap in the traffic, and that you have to look in the side mirror while inside the roundabouts, which is more annoying than it is helplfull. From Norway too BTW :)

[@yuidesu5625]

@@kalebwieland4938 I love how americans consider 40 miles 'close', thats like 70km, If I drive 70km in a straight line I end up in France.

[@Gaming_with_me]

@@yuidesu5625 70km would only get you halfway to the next major population centre where I am in Australia

[@varun8865]

I have never encountered a traffic circle but still don't have a good experience with roundabouts. But only when they are multi lane roundabouts if they are one lane then it is fine and works smoothly. My main problem with the roundabouts is switching lanes in the roundabout.

[@florichi]

"I might miss my exit" Meanwhile america has interstate intersections with dozens of bridges and exits and hundreds of potential collision points.

[@ganondorf66]

Also it's a circle, just go again.

[@randomuser5443]

It’s an attempt to use evolution to improve drivers

[@dojokonojo]

And if you miss your exit you have to drive a few miles to come back!

[@ARZEE83]

Yes.. That reason tickles me too.. It's simple alright.. Turn right = first exit, go straight = second exit, and so on.. 🙄

[@AnishKumar-es1xr]

I've Been in hundreds of roundabouts. Only a drunk, nurveous, speeding, or stupid driver will miss their exit, and these kind shouldn't be on roads anyway. Or if you are new to the area, your navigator is f*kd up, yes, google too. Roundabouts over Traffic lights any day for me.

[@NWRIBronco6]

The only time I've seen roundabouts be an issue (in the US) is when a cross direction of traffic is completely blocked up. People are inconsiderate/impatient and will drive into the circle, completely blocking off anyone going around the circle. Of course, that's not really a problem with roundabouts so much as with broader traffic patterns and inconsiderate people.

[@Engineer9736]

Just put one police officer next to it, he'll have a good time writing fines for not yielding, people will learn. If people give way properly then it's impossible to congest a roundabout.

[@Orange_Swirl]

@@Engineer9736 that's so stupidly simple, yet so genius

[@etherealhawk]

Yeah, if you actually yield the roundabout should never get filled up because people are always able to exit smoothly from whatever direction they're coming from. The worst thing that can happen is that some people are stuck for a minute or two waiting to join if they're coming from a non-busy entrance, which doesn't matter too much from an anti-congestion standpoint

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

There's one roundabout in Gatineau where it's got a stop light in front of it so that there's a break for other directions... and another small residential one on the Ontario side that was installed instead of a 4 way stop sign and was so badly designed that they had to take the whole thing out and redo it when they discovered that there was no way a firetruck could safely navigate it... but some of the ones with enough space, good signage and proper planning work wonderfully!

[@RanOutOfSpac]

This kind of thing happens at intersections too. Especially in left turning lanes. People always drive out into the intersection when the lights about to turn red because their turn is so short, only to realize the lane they’re driving into is backed up, forcing them to block the intersection. Quite frankly it’s so common on intersections it’s sad.

[@mrreziik]

Roundabouts are the best thing i can imagine to keep traffic organized. As a European, can't imagine how to drive without them.

[@tronche2cake]

Simple: crash into other people and then you'll act as a roundabout for those who come next

[@xtxtremeal8391]

My thoughts exactly, I can’t imagine how frustrating life could be with constant intersections, especially when on empty roads constantly slowing down for traffic lights

[@graphicsaw2657]

Americans refuse to yield, even in traffic. As a truck driver,I see it all the time

[@respectedgaming]

@Ralph Macchiato It's an European if it starts with a vowel then it would be "an" (a,e,i,o,u) If it starts with a consonant then it would be "a" (rest of the alphabet)

[@macdietz]

@@graphicsaw2657 omfg all that means is you have never watched dash cam videos from other countries.

[@casual_time_machine6536]

My city has installed about a half dozen roundabouts, and our neighbors have installed a few themselves. I personally love them and I wish every intersection had them.

[@Dimitris4110]

Because waiting for a Red Light for 2 minutes at 3am with literaly no one else on the Road is the Best thing ever.

[@zaklex3165]

No one waits at a red light at 3 am in the morning, at most they stop for 2 seconds or just slow down(unless it has a camera).

[@AxisBelgium]

@@zaklex3165 CRIMINALS

[@zaklex3165]

@@AxisBelgium Perhaps, but I've never come across a red light at 3 am that doesn't instantly change to green before I even reach it unless someone is going the other way, so I don't know what Dimitris is actually talking about.

[@GrapeappleTree]

@@zaklex3165 I work at night having to drive, and I wait at every red light, it's frustrating, but I don't wanna get a ticket/lose my license, as in some traffic lights, there's a camera, like a speed camera, that takes a picture if you cross it while the red light is on..and you have no idea what lights have them

[@zaklex3165]

@@GrapeappleTree That's why I mentioned cameras in my original reply, and here(California) we pretty much either know what lights have cameras or they're easily visible as they only place them in certain locations, and there's even a website that lists all of them statewide.

[@StopWhining491]

"...drivers must yield..." And therein lies the problem in the US.

[@wohlhabendermanager]

I guess "yield to the left" is too communistic for some.

[@tr33c21]

@@wohlhabendermanager while in russia and even in soviet times people yield to traffic from the right. Only Japan yields to traffic from the left by default.

[@wohlhabendermanager]

@@tr33c21 In roundabouts, I rarely have to yield to traffic from the right though. Most roundabouts prioritize traffic on the roundabout over oncoming traffic. Hence "yield to the left", because when I want to get on a roundabout the traffic is coming from the left, not from the right. In the UK and Australia (where they drive on the left) it's of course "yield to the right, when entering a roundabout". But since the US doesn't drive on the left, it's "yield to the left, when approaching a roundabout".

[@jreyman]

@@wohlhabendermanager We yield to the right, which isn't necessarily compatible with a roundabout, but works for all other preexisting intersections.

[@jreyman]

@@wohlhabendermanager Yep. Traffic circles are incompatible with the US "yield to the right" system used on all other uncontrolled intersections.

[@azizmuradov7161]

"they're comfortable with the binary system that controls their actions and makes decisions for them"..... It says a lot about where America is headed.

[@adameves5970]

That's just misinformation. The whole goal was to make you rethink, based on their lie, and make you feel the way you do right now. Good job, puppet npc. You had the exact reaction they were fishing for.

[@Zyleace]

Basically Americans can't make proper decisions by themselves? Has to rely on some sort of a guide? Well, yeah because roundabouts needs a driver to decide and manage by his own self. It's quite ironic because the leaders are also Americans and most of them couldn't even make proper decisions.

[@Clancy3]

@@Zyleace uh huh and how undeveloped is your country? Did we have to save you from Germany too or maybe communism

[@triarii217]

@@Clancy3 Lol

[@salvadordollyparton666]

This is true... Also true, a small percentage is entirely sick of this bubble wrapped bullshit country and are about ready to destroy it.

[@MH-kc1eu]

There are a lot of roundabouts where I live, most of them new, and I absolutely hate them.