Instead of turning left (or right in the real world) at the intersection, you drive beyond it, do a U-turn and double back, moving the crossing traffic 50 yards up the road.-Sh1fty- wrote:
I must be stupid, I can't figure out what's going on in the picture. Good thing I don't have a license.
Or, if you're on the main road, you can just turn left. It's the side streets that get fucked.Cheez wrote:
Instead of turning left (or right in the real world) at the intersection, you drive beyond it, do a U-turn and double back, moving the crossing traffic 50 yards up the road.-Sh1fty- wrote:
I must be stupid, I can't figure out what's going on in the picture. Good thing I don't have a license.
R E V O L U T I O N A R Y
Bold assumption.-Sh1fty- wrote:
assuming no retard runs the light.
*Pats himself on the back*TheDonkey wrote:
Bold assumption.-Sh1fty- wrote:
assuming no retard runs the light.
So instead of having to wait for thirty seconds you have to drive further and probably wait longer to do a more dangerous turn.
That was how I understood it...Dilbert_X wrote:
So instead of having to wait for thirty seconds you have to drive further and probably wait longer to do a more dangerous turn.
^tuckergustav wrote:
It actually works. In higher traffic areas they will put a traffic signal at the point of the turn-about to give you an opportunity to merge during peak time. It isn't as complicated as it looks. I swear.
good joke!Kmar wrote:
We used to tell the rookie drivers at ups that a route was set up so you "Just keep making right turns" ..the joke was they'd be driving in circles. Nice to see it become a reality.
Yeah pretty much paybackKmar wrote:
Is that payback for last night? Some things don't work when you type is out. .. and truth be told there were people dumb enough to believe it. There was a enough relevance for me to share it.
Face it, most of the world drives on the right side. Therefore the real world drives on the right side.Cheez wrote:
Instead of turning left (or right in the real world) at the intersection
Those "good" roundabouts represent like 99% of all of them here in DKglobefish23 wrote:
If I understand correctly, the advantage of this is that the traffic from the side streets generally is slower and has to accelerate from a full halt, which slows down traffic in both lanes of the main road, as the cars are in the intersection longer.
Now what this thing basically does, is splitting up the side traffic's intersecting in two parts, crossing the lanes at two spots, distant from each other, first a right turn, then some distant away the U-turn.
The traffic on the main road are still allowed to do left turns.
I'd say it's a good thing if you build a new road or have to completely renovate one. But deliberately changing intersections everywhere without a good reason (e.g. high traffic, lots of accidents) would be a waste of money and space.
About roundabouts:
IMO, the best roundabouts are those that have a small planted knoll in the middle, which obstructs your view of the whole roundabout (especially the opposite exit on a four-way one), making you focus on the oncoming traffic only.
I've seen a lot of people simply speeding through the roundabout almost in a straight line, if the radius is too big.
Also, iirc, most of the intersections here in MI you can't turn left - onto or from a main road... so you have to go past, make the U turn, then make a right...unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Or, if you're on the main road, you can just turn left. It's the side streets that get fucked.
