Having driven on that magic roundabout as well as the one in Swindon I can tell you that most minds can’t comprehend them
It is truly magic
Submitted 4 weeks ago by gmtom@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
cloudless@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
I don’t mind the complexity of it, but they need to make it bigger to make lane changes possible. That and experienced drivers are too impatient for new drivers to figure it out.
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 4 weeks ago
Most people i see on a daily basis can't hndle a normal 2 lane roundabout, ao i'm not sure if that would help
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 4 weeks ago
Traffic inside the roundabout has priority, meaning you wait to go in until no one comes from left (roundabouts are always counter-clock). That difficult?
FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Yeah, everyone knows how a roundabout works but if you’ve never seen several of them combined like this then it can take you by surprise if you were just expecting one big one
Gobbel2000@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
I enjoy this meme. Truly a Lemmy original.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
It’s a step up from beans & jeans, for sure.
ReiRose@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Shhhh! Just to mention it might bring it back!
slaacaa@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The redditor mind cannot comprehend this
ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m loving it. Moar
dastechniker@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
there are many roundabouts in my American city and sometimes the Americans even use them correctly
JenTheWyvern@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Of course I know how to use a roundabout! Step one: close eyes Step two: floor it Step three: pray Works every time!
dastechniker@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You joke. I have personally seen someone use a roundabout like a launch ramp and survive.
azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I learned to drive in a town where the on ramp to the highway came out of a roundabout so I actually did some learning! :)
dastechniker@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
👏👏👏👏👏 so proud of you :)
Traegert@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I have one within 5 minutes heading to the beach and you can always see the confused travelers looping lol
Kedly@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
American? Do you mean USAEan?
deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Ok. I get it. There are people in the Americas that are not from the US. But do you call people from the United Mexican States “Unitied Mexican Stateans”? No, that sounds ridiculous. I think that it’s silly anyway to call everyone from either Americas “American” anyway; they are two different continents! “North American” or “South American” would be better, if you must get so broad with your adjectives (but really, continent-wide generalizations of people are rarely useful anyway). Sorry for the rant.
KrankyKong@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
There was a meme posted earlier that used the term “USAean”. They were referring to that i think
Kedly@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
1: I was making a meta joke, and this point isnt really your fault
2: Canada takes up more of North America than the States does, and no one says “United States of Mexico”, they say Mexico. Mexico is also not a continent that is shared with other Countries. In general I’m not going to fight people referring to the States as America, but you arguement is BAD
gmtom@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They’re not two different continents thought?
LinuxMint21@lemmy.kde.social 4 weeks ago
tbh “united mexican stateans” sounds cool, it should be used more
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Continent wide generalizations work just fine for 2 of them. Damn Australians an penguins are up to something, I’m sure of it!
vithigar@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
It’s okay, man. I saw the post you’re referencing at least.
Kedly@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
xD I went a little too hard on the meta, its to be expected =P
xionzui@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
1 min without traffic
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I was waiting for this one lol
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Inevitable as the heat death of the universe.
Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
My American city has at least 2 roundabouts in it, and I happen to get confused by at least one of them every time I’m trying to get somewhere.
Sidhean@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Based and freedom-pilled. Ignorance out for America,
brothercomrade.Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Personally, I would have used the Swindon magic roundabout, but this works too.
gmtom@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The less people that know about Swindon the better.
mPony@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
my favourite thing about Swindon is ~
sramder@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Can confirm. I tried 2 laps in the roundabout in front of Kaiser and people lost their minds 😂
Got_Bent@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’d like to return to the simple days of lemme beans, please.
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Only if there’s traffic. It says it only takes a minute without traffic.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
We have shitloads of roundabouts all over the country but OK.
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
You have failed to notice that the Magic Roundabout isn’t a roundabout
It’s six roundabouts
Your entire puny American consciousness would literally disintegrate on arrival at the first one
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Two way street roundabouts aren't even a thing I've seen in person, ours all seem to be one way, so this would definitely be weird to me.
Korne127@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I do not understand :(
NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I think the joke is people keep posting the “you can drive x hours and still be in y location”, but really, you can drive indefinitely in one neighborhood, without every leaving. You could stay in the roundabout for as long as you want, just like you can drive from South Africa to Finland, or whatever.
Korne127@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yes, that was my first thought as well.
But the Google Maps screenshot says 0.2 mile which means that it’s just exactly one time around in the roundabout and not insanely often, so that’s not the case here.
I looked up the roundabout to see if there’s any reason why you’d need so long (e.g. it’s not really for driving and you could be 1mph/kmh or so, but it looks like you can drive normally on it.
MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
what’s the origin of this meme? I’ve seen several versions of this same theme
janus2@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
they keep getting progressively more unhinged and im on board
mPony@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
they keep getting progressively more unhinged
Also see: England.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
The biggest my city has is 2 lanes and 5 exits. That’s pretty easy; 1st or 2nd exit is ok in the right lane, anything else in the left, always yield to left lane.
This 4 lane 6 exit shit is wild.
Distant_Foreground@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Nothing wrong with driving on the left, we’ve been doing it since before cars. It helps to keep your sword arm closer to opposing traffic.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Didn’t say there was anything wrong with it, but whichever side you learn on it’s not going to be an easy switch.
Is that really why? Wild
Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Speak for yourself, righty.
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Thank you. This is the meme that Lemmy has needed for the last week.
Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 4 weeks ago
Inconceivable!!
Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I used to live nearby! Loved that silly thing, just don’t treat it like one big roundabout - it’s seven chained roundabouts that you can use individually, both green and red routes are valid and legal for the same destination:
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Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Could someone flip this for those of us who drive on the right?
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
But the drawn arrows already imply driving on the right side? Or did this get edited?
Psythik@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Saving this pic so I can recreate this beautiful monster in Cities: Skylines.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
-5 fps
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Did you Photoshop out all the traffic lights??
Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Traffic lights make roundabouts pointless though, unless they’re on a quick cycle used to ‘group’ cars entering a multi-lane roundabout.
If your population didn’t grow up with roundabouts though, and treats them like YOLO free for alls… then you might need lights
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Saving the operational costs of traffic lights is the biggest pro of roundabouts. Cars inside a roundabout always have priority and cars who wanna enter it have to yield.
lycanrising@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
i’m sure you mean this seriously, it just tickles me.
thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
i don’t think there are any. priority is based on how much you think you could take rival vehicles in a fight.
pancakes@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Where we’re going, we don’t need traffic lights
kerrigan778@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Have… Have you never seen a roundabout?