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I've regularly used three roundabouts in my life in the US for different daily commutes, two of which were very busy: I've never seen anyone try to drive clockw

by mapt 13y ago

I've regularly used three roundabouts in my life in the US for different daily commutes, two of which were very busy: I've never seen anyone try to drive clockwise. They do cause confusion for the drivers, who are unlikely to regularly encounter them and are never sure who believes who has right of way, but not clueless to that degree. Right of way on single-lane traffic circles is something people can figure out through driving slow and common sense. I am not a fan of 2-3 lane roundabout / traffic circles which try to use signal-less operation, because right of way becomes intractable and lane changes difficult.

pandaman 13y ago
That's not really clueless. I also lived near an overpass with ramps (where you can get on/off the upper street by a ramp, which is, naturally, unidirectional) and since the upper street was not divided it was possible to drive on a ramp in a wrong way. And I have seen couple cars doing just that. From my understanding, quite a few drivers do not really know traffic rules beyond "red means stop" and just follow other cars. If there are no other cars to follow they quickly get confused by any unusual road structure.