[tranquility]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Nah i'm good i just swear a lot. I drove up your way to go see my car and i noticed the minimum signs, good idea but quebec drivers are insane anyway.

"oh there's a 7ft gap between those cars? Pk I will slide my 7ft and half inch car into that gap".... lunatics.

LMAO don't even get me started!!! It's bad everywhere but I noticed that the females here are a tad bit more hot-blooded when behind the wheel. It's a strange anecdote but every time I see a couple driving, the majority of the time it's the female at the wheel.

[dradernh]

I find roundabouts to be a 9.5 on the 10-point fun scale. I especially like the ones with no real curb on the inside, as they offer more flexibility in the path you can take if you're in the inside lane.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by leopard print

Yup. 4 way stops suck. I think it’s because of people’s spatial awareness or lack of. They’re only focused on their car coming to a complete stop they don’t notice what’s going around them before that. Once they stop, then they scan around them to see what’s going on. Within that fraction of a second, a million things could have happened.

Wait what! People actually STOP at stop signs in LA???? Here you're lucky if they slow down enough to need SECOND gear to pull away.

[M-technik-3]

They are called Rotary's in my neck of the woods and they are now taking out 4 way stops and putting them back in to lower congestion.

[CamasM3e93]

Originally Posted by leopard print

Yup. 4 way stops suck. I think it’s because of people’s spatial awareness or lack of. They’re only focused on their car coming to a complete stop they don’t notice what’s going around them before that. Once they stop, then they scan around them to see what’s going on. Within that fraction of a second, a million things could have happened.

I live in Washington state just north of the Oregon border. Not too long ago 4 Oregonians ended up at a 4-way stop simultaneously, like to the thousandth of a second. Sad story though, they died from starvation…..yup, as a matter of fact they're still there now.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by ky0u

I love roundabouts in theory. I hate dealing with roundabouts in practice because you inevitably run into people who don't know how to use them, then get pissed at everyone else for the near misses they create

This. Roundabouts are so much easier to deal with in the UK than they are in the US. They're great time savers if drivers would just take a few minutes to learn how to use them. But giving serious thought to driving is asking way too much of American drivers. I wonder how a Tesla on autonomous drive would handle one.

[Darth One]

Originally Posted by CamasM3e93

I live in Washington state just north of the Oregon border. Not too long ago 4 Oregonians ended up at a 4-way stop simultaneously, like to the thousandth of a second. Sad story though, they died from starvation…..yup, as a matter of fact they're still there now.

A modern-day Oregon Trail

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by CamasM3e93

I live in Washington state just north of the Oregon border. Not too long ago 4 Oregonians ended up at a 4-way stop simultaneously, like to the thousandth of a second. Sad story though, they died from starvation…..yup, as a matter of fact they're still there now.

Out here we have two-lane, four-way stops. They're nightmares.

[leopard print]

Originally Posted by Buug959

Wait what! People actually STOP at stop signs in LA???? Here you're lucky if they slow down enough to need SECOND gear to pull away.

Haha. I use “stop” loosely. We have something called the California Roll (it’s an actual coined term). Same lack of spatial awareness applies though.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by leopard print

Haha. I use “stop” loosely. We have something called the California Roll (it’s an actual coined term). Same lack of spatial awareness applies though.

We called it the "California stop" back in the day.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

We called it the "California stop" back in the day.

My mother-in-law used to call it that. She's not alive anymore.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Out here we have two-lane, four-way stops. They're nightmares.

We have one here that has two lanes travelling east-west and three lanes travelling north-south. And some engineering genius decide that the best place to put this cluster f&*k is at the entrance to a Walmart! I avoid it at all cost during the Christmas shopping months.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Esteban

My mother-in-law used to call it that. She's not alive anymore.

Are you calling me old?

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Are you calling me old?

Yes!














TBH, I'm probably older.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Yes!














TBH, I'm probably older.

I don't know.. I got my license in 1972.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

I don't know.. I got my license in 1972.

I think I'm one year older.

Born in '55.

[spazzyfry123]

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[M_Six]

Originally Posted by spazzyfry123

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I seem to remember a YouTube video of someone doing that at warp speed and getting their car airborne.

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by spazzyfry123

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I actually saw a car flipped upside-down in the middle of that grassy area like it was an ornament as I myself was using the roundabout. How the heck somebody did that in reality is just insane (probably took your pic as gospel and went for it lol).

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I think I'm one year older.

Born in '55.

Yes, you are . We need an old farts forum! No one less than 60!

[tigermack]

There’s a roundabout by a Costco where we live, some of those drivers leaving Costco just ticks you off… then some drivethru traffic bombs through at 35+… lol

I love them, except when it’s commute/busy hours.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I seem to remember a YouTube video of someone doing that at warp speed and getting their car airborne.

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