British roads were much safer when all the drivers used to stay at home and watch Top Gear.
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when I come back and see that what is on the screen is nothing like, I often wonder âWTFâ but my point still stands.
Apparently it works well and speeds up traffic, sure they could have put a big assed roundabout in but that would mean going all the way around when you just want to nip down the next road.
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Years ago I used to have to visit a plant in Kentucky from time to time. On one occasion, they informed me that there was now a roundabout in Louisville and they suggested that we visit it, since being from Britain I understood them and could show them how to navigate it.
It was what we call a mini-roundabout.
But Iâm not mocking. I often wished that we could import that laid-back Kentucky lifestyle, only without the casual racism.
Swindon used to be a railway town, now it is the home of Honda. I imagine itâs a test; if you canât navigate the roundabout, go and live somewhere less car obsessed.
Basingstoke used to be even worse. Unless you had a Ducati. Navigating the Basingstoke roundabouts at 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning in summer - pure fun. 45 degree chamfer on the footrests.
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The road they joined from will have had give way/yield markings and generally speaking you shouldnât cause drivers on the road youâre joining to slow down or have to take evasive action.
Many of those inconvenienced drivers will have been speeding though.
Many of those bad drivers are just making a stupid mistakes which we all do sometimes. (Not all of them)
But the aggressive driving of the video taker is often way too fast for the situations in the video.
Many junctions where there is no clear view yet they dont slow down etc.
To be a safe driver you must anticipate other bad drivers , dangerous situations and accommodate for other peoples mistakes. Not because its right but because other people will always make mistakes.
I find watching this very stressful. So many wannabe aggressive boy racers. 80% of road users in the UK imao.
Id put money on most of the video taking drivers are bad drivers themselves and that theyâd never admit to it.
That and Readingâs fondness for traffic lights. Two words: Cemetery Junction.
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In all fairness, there is a cemetery there.
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And a set of traffic lights you had to get out of your car to operate.
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The trick with roundabouts is if youâre not sure which exit you should take get in the right hand lane (in the UK and other correct countries, the left hand lane for you weirdos who drive on the right), and just keep circling the roundabout until youâre sure about your exit.
Ok, you might look a bit weird, but most people wonât be around (pun not intended) long enough to see you drive past more than once. Also, small children will think itâs hilarious.
What languages are those? Tell us so we can steal their swearwords too! (I myself am quite partial to a vehement âarschlochâ on occasion).
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Iâm imagining some real Welsh magic roundabouts with mysterious ancient forces flinging drivers off willy-nilly in unpredictable directionsâŚor maybe it was the mushroomsâŚ
Thereâs this one in Hemel Hempstead, too.
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Thank you for clearing that up.
At CERN I put my food IN the accelerator.
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On a second thought, electron beam sterilization isnât a bad technology.
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Sterility doesnât interest me much, I just like to investigate new kinds of cocktails.
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Just donât stick your face in the accelerator.
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You can have both. What about sterilizing premixed drinks in sealed pouches?
um, thatâs Old Street London. You mean https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/The+Magic+Roundabout/@51.746263,-0.4735829,167m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x22528c0db3a800a5!6m1!1e1
##Thatâs racist!
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