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You poor poor people...
2006-11-21, 2:57 PM #41
Roundabouts are the most amazing thing I have ever used in my life. Thats all I have to say. And about that picture: you can only enter onto one direction of the freeway without passing under the freeway, turning around somewhere outside the picture, then coming back and getting on. LOL.
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2006-11-21, 4:16 PM #42
Well blow me down. Another awesome thing from Texas. They should have those everywhere.
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2006-11-21, 5:21 PM #43
roundabouts are fantastic, it's a shame that americans are scared of them.
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2006-11-21, 5:29 PM #44
I'm an American, and I love them! Yay.
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2006-11-21, 6:54 PM #45
They don't have roundabouts in the US? I wasn't aware of that.

When I was in Peru, it was forbidden to turn left. At least everywhere in Lima, it was. I'm not sure about the rest of the country. If you had to go left, you needed to go right three times. Crazy ****! And if you did turn left anyway, you'd get fined right away because traffic police is virtually everywhere.
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2006-11-21, 10:54 PM #46
We've got some roundabouts. The problem with them is the amount of room they take up.

Also, yes you can get on the freeway going either direction. You either turn right before it and merge in, or drive under it and turn left onto the onramp on the other side.
Warhead[97]
2006-11-22, 3:29 AM #47
roundabouts don't take up that much room, and given how big the US is you're not exactly struggling for space.
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2006-11-22, 4:37 AM #48
I have a question about roundabout's I just want to clear up..

When I was in Europe I remember the rule was cars that enter the roundabout have the right-of-way? Meaning cars already in the roundabout have to yeild to cars entering it. RIght?
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2006-11-22, 6:32 AM #49
Originally posted by Z@NARDI:
I have a question about roundabout's I just want to clear up..

When I was in Europe I remember the rule was cars that enter the roundabout have the right-of-way? Meaning cars already in the roundabout have to yeild to cars entering it. RIght?


Not anymore in Germany.
Before 2001, apparently yes
2006-11-22, 8:54 AM #50
Originally posted by Z@NARDI:
I have a question about roundabout's I just want to clear up..

When I was in Europe I remember the rule was cars that enter the roundabout have the right-of-way? Meaning cars already in the roundabout have to yeild to cars entering it. RIght?


....That's how accident's happen. That only works if you're on a large one with traffic lights.
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2006-11-22, 9:05 AM #51
Minnesota has a lot of systems like that in place. They are indeed a godsend. One of those things that you can't really appreciate until you use them.
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2006-11-22, 1:08 PM #52
Originally posted by Z@NARDI:
I have a question about roundabout's I just want to clear up..

When I was in Europe I remember the rule was cars that enter the roundabout have the right-of-way? Meaning cars already in the roundabout have to yeild to cars entering it. RIght?


In Belgium it's always been that the cars already ON the roundabout have the right of way. >.>;;
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2006-11-22, 1:37 PM #53
Well, yeah we're not struggling for space, but it's sort of a catch 22: if it's busy enough for a roundabout to be necessary, it's already cramped enough to not have room for one, you know? Take Phoenix, for example. How are you going to have a roundabout for a 6 lane road when there's already businesses on every corner of the intersection? Or peoples' houses?

Anyway, roundabouts are pretty cool but I don't think they're the be-all end-all of intersection solutions. They're got their many advantages, but they've got their downfalls, too. Same with any other style of intersection. In most cases around here, I prefer the standard stop sign or yield or light configurations, especially downtown, or in the country. In the in between areas, I see a few places that could do with one, though. I wish there were more of them in that sense.

But then again, I'm an Okie now, and change scares me.
Warhead[97]
2006-11-22, 3:58 PM #54
Originally posted by Z@NARDI:
When I was in Europe I remember the rule was cars that enter the roundabout have the right-of-way? Meaning cars already in the roundabout have to yeild to cars entering it. RIght?


Don't know about Europe, but here in Jersey, cars in the circle have the right-of-way.
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2006-11-22, 4:06 PM #55
I'd be afraid of using them if I had to yield to cars joining the circle too. I can't even imagine how that would be functional.
2006-11-22, 4:31 PM #56
[QUOTE=Chaz Ghostle]Don't know about Europe, but here in Jersey, cars in the circle have the right-of-way.[/QUOTE]

Same in Europe.
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2006-11-23, 12:15 AM #57
Same in Australia
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2006-11-23, 4:01 PM #58
And the world is a step closer to global harmony... in traffic anyway.
Seishun da!
2006-11-23, 4:14 PM #59
Now all we need to do is get everybody to drive on the right side of the road.

By right I mean correct, and also right-hand.
2006-11-24, 12:14 AM #60
But the majority of the world already drives on the left, I say America should get it's act together and move to the other side, and update to metric already, what is this, the 1920s?
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2006-11-24, 12:44 AM #61
Originally posted by Deadman:
But the majority of the world already drives on the left, I say America should get it's act together and move to the other side, and update to metric already, what is this, the 1920s?
Wrong.

[quote=]About 34% of the world by population drives on the left, and 66% keeps right[/quote]
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2006-11-24, 1:18 AM #62
oh ok
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2006-11-24, 1:29 AM #63
I'm not even sure why the English drive on the left, considering the fact that they were once a province of the Roman Empire too.

:confused:

Edit: It seems the Romans did things backwards as well!
2006-11-24, 4:56 AM #64
Well, they were here first, so maybe you guys are all doing it wrong?
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2006-11-24, 4:59 AM #65
I've tried driving on the wrong side of the road before. It felt far to left, so I went back to the right side.

o.0
2006-11-24, 6:31 AM #66
Originally posted by Deadman:
Well, they were here first, so maybe you guys are all doing it wrong?
No we are doing it correct. We don't use horses anymore dammit. It's like putting two spaces after a period.
2006-11-24, 6:59 AM #67
Haha
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2006-11-24, 7:26 AM #68
Or using the imperial system
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2006-11-24, 7:39 AM #69
I, for one, like having a unit of measurement that is larger than a centimeter and smaller than a meter.
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2006-11-24, 11:49 AM #70
Originally posted by SMOCK!:
I, for one, like having a unit of measurement that is larger than a centimeter and smaller than a meter.

Decimetre? :confused:
2006-11-24, 6:23 PM #71
For that matter, is it that hard to say something is 176cm tall? Or 1m 76cm. >.>;;

At least metric makes sense as it's perfectly decimal.
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2006-11-24, 8:44 PM #72
I, for one, like having a horse to pull my carriage around ;p
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2006-11-24, 8:56 PM #73
There are approximately 3.05 dm in a foot.
2006-11-24, 9:57 PM #74
I've never met anyone who uses decimeters. It may not be hard to say 176cm, but as you get more and more of a unit it gets harder to visualize. Can you honestly visualize the difference between 10km and 15km?
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2006-11-24, 10:44 PM #75
Yes, it's not hard..
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2006-11-24, 11:10 PM #76
Okay, bad example. I still like having feet.
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2006-11-24, 11:27 PM #77
Yes, well they make things like walking and running easier
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2006-11-24, 11:33 PM #78
I get what you're trying to say, but that sentence still sounds absurd. :P

And yes, the metric system is useful for lots of things. I do enough physics to know that. We don't really have any reason to change, though. The Imperial system doesn't cause daily confusion, at least.
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2006-11-24, 11:34 PM #79
I've never seen a roundabout in my life and can't imagine what possible purpose they serve.
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2006-11-24, 11:36 PM #80
You get through them faster than light intersections, but they're kind of annoying. I don't like driving in circles.
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