2009 08 22 Stupid drivers at US 15 traffic circle

Here is why people blame roundabouts for traffic jams. Note the combination of the inbounds barging into the circle and the people in the circle yielding to me waiting for them. It's not the roundabout's fault American drivers don't know how to use them.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• traffic
• jam
• cars
• circle
• roundabout
• stupid
• drivers

[lordsnooty01]

Great tune playing in the car, rather apt considering the weather! Nice to see Trance is now on the other side of the Atlantic. 

[joshthepilot]

@lordsnooty01 Thanks.  Trance has been here for awhile, just hasn't quite taken hold as much as in the Old World.

[joshthepilot]

I'm not exactly sure. I do know they have to know what a yield sign is, yet when it comes to traffic circles, everyone seems to ignore them.

[Abdelhak92izi]

WTF ???

[joshthepilot]

Exactly

[MrKevin1a]

@garry1004 I don't know where you are from, but here in the US, a trained monkey could pass the drivers test...on the first try. There is no mandatory traffic school. They make you drive around the block once, test your vision once (conceivably, old people could get blind as a bat and never have to retest), take your fingerprint and send you out into traffic with your brand spankin' new public endangerment license. Of course it all varies depending on the state you are in.

[JohnEdwardBiggs]

I just drove through there yesterday. Some people keep going when people are in the roundabout, then they stop when nobody is coming. The proper thing to do is yield to those in the roundabout. If there is traffic, you adjust your speed and jump in during the gaps. The key is to avoid coming to a complete stop.

[garry1004]

Do people not need to know these things to pass the US driving liscense test?