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The Devil scores one... (Original Post) LakeArenal Nov 2019 OP
Ha! Ohiogal Nov 2019 #1
Devil already has him. LakeArenal Nov 2019 #2
I love roundabouts Fresh_Start Nov 2019 #3
I do too! MontanaMama Nov 2019 #4
I have to admit to an evil desire Fresh_Start Nov 2019 #5
You'd get dizzy! MontanaMama Nov 2019 #7
I like this story and what a great kid: "you can do it mama!" yonder Nov 2019 #10
what a delightful family story Fresh_Start Nov 2019 #11
Try this one sometime Major Nikon Nov 2019 #12
They're building one at the end of my road where 2naSalit Nov 2019 #6
We have one that just went up at the high school exit. I wonder who the idiot was that thought GemDigger Nov 2019 #9
In eastern states 2naSalit Nov 2019 #13
Ah, the good old rotaries. Scared me to death when I first got my license. Fla Dem Nov 2019 #8
I got used to them in England, although we didn't have horrendous traffic. Karadeniz Nov 2019 #14

MontanaMama

(23,307 posts)
4. I do too!
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 11:12 AM
Nov 2019

They’re relatively new in my community and some folks seem daunted by them by all in all, they keep traffic moving where it didn’t before.

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
5. I have to admit to an evil desire
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 11:16 AM
Nov 2019

to get into a roundabout and just keep making the circle 5-10-20 times....just to see how it feels

MontanaMama

(23,307 posts)
7. You'd get dizzy!
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 11:52 AM
Nov 2019

My first time on a roundabout was in New Zealand. I rented a car in Queenstown at the airport...when I got to the heart of the city, I realized they used roundabouts more than traffic lights. Yikes! I was so nervous driving on the left side of the road anyway then had to hit the roundabout from the left as well. It was nuts. I remember saying “I’m so scared!” as I went around the first one...My then 8 year old kiddo was in the back seat...yelling “you can do it mama!”

yonder

(9,663 posts)
10. I like this story and what a great kid: "you can do it mama!"
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 03:38 PM
Nov 2019

I'll bet he/she turned out just fine.

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
11. what a delightful family story
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 04:07 PM
Nov 2019

i don't get dizzy from twisty rides...but my head for heights is no longer so good

2naSalit

(86,536 posts)
6. They're building one at the end of my road where
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 11:36 AM
Nov 2019

it meets the Hwy because there's a big hotel going up across the Hwy. It's a really busy interchange and I don't see how one will fit in the area where it needs to be. Glad there's an alternate route closer to town where I can get out. That may end up becoming my usual route.

These are the new thing in the cities in my state, in some places they work, others should have had a second opinion.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
9. We have one that just went up at the high school exit. I wonder who the idiot was that thought
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 03:35 PM
Nov 2019

that was a good idea for all the 15 and 16 year olds learning how to drive. It is, they are driving straight across. I agree, in some places they are a wonder, in other places they are a nightmare.

2naSalit

(86,536 posts)
13. In eastern states
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:10 PM
Nov 2019

they are all over the place. I grew up there and I recall them since early childhood. It was a practical way to connect multiple carriage trails that would come in from everywhere, more than two or three in a place.

And you ain't seen nothin' till you've dealt with a jug handle!




Fla Dem

(23,650 posts)
8. Ah, the good old rotaries. Scared me to death when I first got my license.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:20 PM
Nov 2019

But after a while you learn how to manage them.

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