I know this is memes but as a Brit, I’ll never understand how people are scared of, don’t understand, or don’t see that roundabouts are superior.
It takes a few goes in them during driving lessons and they get easier.
I read somewhere that in America to get your license, you take a 40 question quiz, that you can pass with up to 10 mistakes and the driving test usually consists of low speed driving and parking, no highways, no roundabouts.
Don't know how much of this is true, but that sounds too simple.
That sounds wild. I imagine it varies by state and some will be easier than others.
In the UK you have a lot of lessons and practice getting used to driving the car and navigating traffic, as well as perform some manoeuvres; for instance a parallel park and bay parking. We practice the emergency stop, hill starts, and roundabouts and more.
Then you have the theory test where they ask questions about signs and road rules etc. many are common sense but people fail a lot.
Then you have hazard perception where you watch videos and click the hazards before they become a danger. This is harder as you have to click at the right points.
All in all it’s rather difficult to get driving and I am all for it as it means people on the roads can generally drive.
I’ve seen documentaries about UK drivers’ training. From what I’ve seen it involves sex with the instructors and the test administrators. And, as far as I can tell, only young women ever take drivers’ training.
Actually this is how I got my licence. For some reason they want to record it too. Tough day to be a dude I tell you.
Yeah. If you're a minor you have to take Drivers Ed that requires a couple hours of driving with an instructor. If you're an adult, you can just take the written and driving test. I think I just drove around the block, and did a reverse parking test for my driving test. Depending on where you live, roundabouts are not common here. I don't think I saw one IRL until I was in my late 20s when I moved to a different state.
Everybody is gangsta until you need to exit from the innermost lane at Place Charles de Gaulle.
Guide to using a roundabout
Step 0: Get a monster truck.
Americans are seemingly already prepared
Wait until you see the magic roundabout in the UK. WTF were they even thinking!
Jesus fucking Christ, that looks like it should be the last map in an F-Zero game
That's quite simple really:
You can actually just use the outside one to get to your destination. You don't have to use the smaller ones in the middle if you don't want to
A bit of info for anyone who doesn't know how to use a roundabout: it's just a one-way street that loops around on itself tightly. Seriously. That's it.
It can get slightly tricky when it has two lanes where only the right lane exits. The idea here is that you should merge into the right lane after the last exit before your exit, but so many people in my neighborhood don’t understand this.
I want to get off Mr Bone's Wild roundabout!
Video tutorial: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FPw_dWTxjmk
WTF!
It's amazing that nobody was hurt. I would never guess from the images.
Avg american driver
Per the picture, of you have a death wish.
Step 6: yeet
Some of the roundabouts in my town are subterranean and have a column of bedrock in the middle. Good luck with that.
Pray
Not in that car. Maybe a lifted 4wd truck, because anyone who's a big enough tool to own one of them is stupid enough to drive into a solid obstruction.
This is exactly how I do it in Forza Horizon 4.
The only way out is through.
For that 1 roundabout in the picture, yeah, just go through it. Whoever made it didn't care to learn how roundabouts work either.
This is my first satisfying chuckle of the day. Something about it is just right (to me).
I live in France and I can confirm, this is how we drive roundabouts (but you have to watch out for the people demonstrating (or not🙃)).
Do not look up at the sky. Do not make noise.
This does make me wonder: do municipalities with a large number of roundabouts have stats for how these things foil drunk drivers? I feel like there's a serious possibility of reducing fatalities if we just replace the center of these circles with ponds and/or sand traps.
Just watch out for the guy camping there, Steve's a good guy and is just temporarily down on his luck
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