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

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

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

@@Enygmate nascar moment

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

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

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

@@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.

@@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.

@@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.

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.

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.

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

@@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.

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

In southern USA people see it as a NASCAR type challenge and try to prevent you changing lanes so few people use signals although things are better now than 20 years ago

a lot of roundabouts i see are set up so that once your in the lane you have to go to the exit associated with that lane to solve that problem exactly. at least that's how they are in louisiana where i live. using the blinkers while in them tend to cause more wrecks bc of confusion here. i've seen people pulled over for changing lanes while in them.

​@@javenfryar5009 you don't use blinkers to change lane in them. Only to indicate which exit you are aiming for

@@javenfryar5009 Seems road planners here almost get it but not quite. No idea who the genius was who thought exit lanes on far left of interstate were a good idea?

@@Hirotoro4692 If approaching a roundabout in the UK with the intention of turning right, one should be in the right-hand lane (if there is more than one lane on the appoach) and one should be indicating 'right' until one has passed the last exit before their exit, when they then indicate 'left'. Obviously it is the opposite of this in the US. *_R_* 😎

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Heck yeah! 'Murica!

@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.

So true!

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.

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.

@@jordancambridge4106 is that a sarcasm or?

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

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

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

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

@@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.

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

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

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.

She clearly comes from the land of infomercial people.

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

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

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

@@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.

@@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

@@rlas yeah probably

I just imagined that. xd

There you go.

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtmDo5uY3eDKmqM.html

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

> 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

@@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

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! 🤷🏼‍♂️

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

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 !

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

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

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.

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

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

Getting lost is not illegal.

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

@@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.

@@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 😬

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

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.)

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

Then that trafficlight installation is a cheap-ass one.

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

it doesn't help traffic, it deorganizes it

Also it's a circle, just go again.

It’s an attempt to use evolution to improve drivers

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

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

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.

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

@@jacketylon That's the same thing.

​@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.

That's definitely the case! But it feels like roundabouts are gaining traction faster than the metric system is...

Maybe in 1,000 years we'll adopt the Metric System!

Absolutely, its a shame too.

@@mortimersnead5821 I wouldn't bet a cent on that.

That's exactly the case unfortunately.

Very much agreed

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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....

@@sdushdiu ... nope... as soon as one vehicle enters from another road, the 'monopolistic entrance' MUST yield to that car. Monopolization is virtually impossible if entering traffic obeys the Yield Mandate!

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

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

that's hilarious

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

@@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.

@@lindgrenland Du bist mir ein wilder Typ

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

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

LOL

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

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

They aren't used to go round corners

12 minute video sumed up in one sentence

That is a Human condition, not just American!!

@@mikesmicroshop4385 Mostly American.

And they're dumb.

New England has a bunch of them, I can think of three within an hour of me rn

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.

@@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? 🤔️

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

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

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.

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!

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.

Good one !

Not unreasonable given how poorly so many are laid out and the poor signage. The real ones I've been through have never been laid out as nice, clean, and logical as the drawings on KZfaq.

Exactly, if you miss your exit just do a twat lap until you get back round to it

@@kmbbmj5857 I agree, some of them are poorly designed and laid out. I guess it's a learning experience for some of the "street architects", as well.

Okay, to be fair, that's easy for Europeans to say. The U.S is a little too big not to have a car. Unless your in a major city where public transit is easy to use, you kind of need a car to get around. Not that I'm against round-a-bouts though, I've seen plenty and think they would solve a lot of issues with traffic congestion and road safety.

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.

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.

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.

@@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

​​@@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.

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

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/

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

I like Churchill optimism..

@@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.

What's a power outage? Is that a US thing?

@@hobmoor2042 When power ceases to work, or "goes out". wait is this a joke

OMG! I hate when the traffic lights don't work on a busy avenue or busy street.

Imagine trying to evacuate a forest fire like the one in Paradise, California with no working traffic lights. Yikes!

Metalcell funny. Where I live when the traffic signal goes out, traffic flows better.

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.

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

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

@@exeterman2 Not in downtown areas.

We have 4 lane roundabouts in major cities across the world

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

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

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.

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

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

ReddNekk13 and circles are squares with infinite sides, and?

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

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

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

you forget the simple fact; roundabouts are gay.

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.

@@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

@@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🤷🏻‍♂️

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

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.

Which "abilities"?

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

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

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

@@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.

Yup, their strength comes to play when there's dense traffic. You still can manage to skip in, because you get gaps every now and then. I'd always prefer a roundabout to a junction or intersection controlled by traffic lights (and even more so to intersections with dense traffic and only signs to control the traffic flow).

Stop signs are even worse! At least traffic lights you might be on the green

Relax we're in 2019, we've had flying cars now for four years... Oh wait... we're in the Bad Biff alternate timeline, nevermind.

The worst it at night, or when there is no traffic, and your just sitting there pointlessly waiting for the nonexistent people in the other lane to have their turn

It is. Lights suck. I want more roundabouts.

That last point is the best.

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

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

Just call them driftabouts.

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.

@@agems56 Or actually learn how to drive 😅

I am surprised these people are not afraid to miss to straight road and end up hitting a tree

@@antoniolanga9670 same tbh. The first thing I learned in my first driving lesson was "Be confident. If you enter the car thinking 'omg I'll crash' you'll crash."

She's the kinda person who will cross from the far left lane to the exit ramp in a sudden rush because they're about to miss their exit, and get rear-ended by other cars.

@@Zuflux accurate tbh

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.

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.

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

Not the brightest lamp on the tree.

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

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.

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.

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?

@@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

@@theradioactiveplayer3461 have you ever heard of a joke

AlmostSober I get scared even when I’m not driving

AlmostSober I mean I like round a bouts but when there's more than one lane I get confused

_ xBuki10 it REALLY isn’t that hard. the right lane is for taking the first or second exit. the left lane is for taking the second/third/full circle. as long as everyone is yielding properly and doing a safe speed, you just have to follow the lines.

Raziza I know I’m for roundabouts I just don’t have any 2 lane ones by me it’s just the merging after the first and second exit that’s confusing

_ xBuki10 just watch some videos on it. it is quite possibly one of the simplest things to understand

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I was wondering the same thing

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

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

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.

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!!!!

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.

@@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.

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

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?

Hahahahahahahaa underrated comment

What a nightmare.

Poor girl, not having a brain sucks these days

That's a Simpsons Episode :p

😂😂😂

Not limited to driving.

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

@@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.

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

@@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

one thing to add in comparison to amerocan traffic circles is they're usually smaller here, which makes them more manageable and basically makes it an organised intersection/junction.

Guess Australia is not a modern country

Germans sometimes miss the exit.

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.

No... No they dont

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.

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.

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

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.

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

@@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.

If you have more than two lanes of traffic, you don't need a roundabout. You need a train.

Utetopia What’s the problem with the imperial system?

@@LuisBrito-ly1ko It is simply not intuitive to use. The metric system keeps things orderly. E.g. 100 centimetres in a metre instead of 12 inches in a foot.

@@superhyperdan3827 Not to mention 3 feet to a yard, 1760 yards to a mile... Compared to 1000 metres to a kilometre. Also technically the more common one should be millimetre, as that more lines up with the standard prefixes (1000 millimetres to a metre, 1000 metres to a kilometre, 1000 grams to a kilogram, 1000 millilitres to a litre, etc, using centimetres is more convenient in everyday life though) However that's because we use the decimal system, technically if we used the dozenal/duodecimal system then that's where the imperial system starts to make more sense. That's because dozenal is base 12, rather than base 10, which arguably is better for fractions. A third and sixth of 12 are integers, whereas only a fifth of 10 is an integer (ignoring shared ones, like half). Think about it this way; what's a third of a foot? 4 inches. What's a sixth of an hour? 10 minutes. What's a third of a metre? 33.3333...centimetres. What's a sixth of a kilogram? 166.66666...grams. If we routinely counted in base 12, imperial would probably be fine, but we've gotten used to base 10, so it makes less sense to people who use metric. Bare in mind I'm British, I've grown up with metric all my life. Edit: a quarter of 10 is not an integer, however it is a nicer real number to use than a third or sixth, which is why I initially stated it as such. A quarter of 12 is however an integer, it is 3, which also partially led to my false statement and further shows how good base 12 is. However, we count in base 10, which means metric is still far better for us than imperial.

Nutty31313 you are absolutely right base 12 is the optimal system

@@LuisBrito-ly1ko Let me make an example: 1 liter of water weight 1 kilo and fits into a cube of 10x10x10 centimeters. This makes a cube of 100x100x100 cm (or 1x1x1 meter) of water weight 1 tonne. See how neatly weight, length, area and volume come together?! Now make a similar example for imperial units..

LMAO!!!!

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

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

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.

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

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

FINALLY. thanks

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.

@@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.

@@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.

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she makes an illegal U-Turn, i guess

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

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

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

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@wckdkoolbtxh They're more likely to kill you at a traffic light than a roundabout, though.

That's a sensitive way of saying "OLD PEOPLE"

@@chipskylark5500 I've seen this from all ages. It's just a difference in cognition.

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

It's also uncomfortable

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.

people still think that.

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!

Hahahah

Accurate

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.

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

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

i wouldn't even be surprised lmao. the traffic light makers would be like: "nooooooo our $$$$"

It's infringing on their "right" to behave like selfish ignorant stubborn idiots!

as a driver we dont do any stupit stuff at wheel like aericans for an example read a book thats why she would miss exit

@@magazin7053 Or powder her nose or applying makeup or brushing her hair for the 50th time since she left home!

No doubt. 😂

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

I wanna try that!

Is the two way roundabout still in Hemel Hempstead?

This comment is so underated :)

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. 😆

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”

Blaming Americans drivers is just wrong... Even European drivers who have to navigate a roundabout THE WRONG WAY ROUND result in momentary hesitatation but only that.

David Lowe I mean does she have the intelligence to drive a car? most women don't

@@Bossanova. the issue isnt women, its americans

Honestly, I would think that being able to go around multiple times is a benefit, if your lost. You don't have the pressure to make an immediate decision.

Lol

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.

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

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

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

Canberra?

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

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

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

Don’t blame Americans, blame our dumb government leaders

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

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

Finland doesn't exist man.

@@hifjurrahman8060 I guess you create your own reality.

exactly thx for speaking my mind

true!

well, if the public doesn't like it they won't follow it instantly, so I get where it's coming from, I still disagree with it

Absolutely fuckin no way. One should never mix scientific facts with feelings. Roundabouts are much safer and faster, scientifically proven. So they are better and kill less people. Why should one care for any dislike feelings about something if less people die because of it. That's just so fucking wrong.

But when it comes to spending tax dollars, it always will. I have no issue with with round abouts but politicians will always do nothing rather than doing something voters might not like.