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mummaof0 · 2024-07-04T21:31:10+00:00

Pshhht! Psshht! I'm armed with an Ameriscram now!

Zoflorabore · 05/07/2024 00:11

On the estate where I live in NW England some idiot decided to put in a roundabout the size of a dinner plate which everyone just drives over. Completely and utterly pointless thing it is. We do have a HUGE one though which is a thing of beauty as has gorgeous plants and flowers all over it and is well tended.

the only thing I’ve ever really learnt about roundabouts is to “give way to the right” and I’ve been ok 😉

Ladyzfactor · 05/07/2024 00:10

saltinesandcoffeecups · 05/07/2024 00:02

I’m not shy about driving in Chicago or Atlanta… haven’t braved Boston yet. Not sure if I’m up to it 🤣.

ETA; Although I did grow up on the streets of St. Paul. Which was once described as being designed by drunken men by the governor.

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St. Paul is the worst. I've been driving for over twenty years and my anxiety driving in that city goes through the roof

CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 05/07/2024 00:07

HueyDueyandBluey · 05/07/2024 00:00

@YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer Just follow the pilgrim hat....it's very simple really. They can shove their roundabouts. Good luck on 1s, 93s which is also 95n. Britbegone! So fun! So lighthearted!

If they make it the reward is a nice, cool glass of Moxie and a plain Dunkin donut.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 05/07/2024 00:02

I’m not shy about driving in Chicago or Atlanta… haven’t braved Boston yet. Not sure if I’m up to it 🤣.

ETA; Although I did grow up on the streets of St. Paul. Which was once described as being designed by drunken men by the governor.

HueyDueyandBluey · 05/07/2024 00:00

@YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer Just follow the pilgrim hat....it's very simple really. They can shove their roundabouts. Good luck on 1s, 93s which is also 95n. Britbegone! So fun! So lighthearted!

CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 04/07/2024 23:59

YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer · 04/07/2024 23:43

Trying to find their way around Boston would be a joy to see 😀

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Even better, finding a parking space.

Ladyzfactor · 04/07/2024 23:58

hennybeans · 04/07/2024 23:46

No roundabouts in California. I think they’re an eastern thing. But we make up for it with 12 lane freeways that are completely free for alls.

I think it's more of an infrastructure thing. I'm in the Midwest with a lot of land so new roads get roundabouts. It would be much harder to completely redo existing roads, especially in a busy of a place as California.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 04/07/2024 23:55

My gram lived in a teeny town in Ohio and their roundabout was called ‘the square’.

TurtleTackle · 04/07/2024 23:49

Have any of you done portwood roundabout Stockport?!
Worst.fucking.round.about.
As a learner driver it caused me countless breakdowns
As a passed ( 7 years on) driver it causes me countless breakdowns
😂

grinandslothit · 04/07/2024 23:48

Australia has some wicked ones doubles, triples

Neves7 · 04/07/2024 23:46

Boston

I've noticed there was a lot of Americans on Mumsnet lately, so I'm posting this to spook them!

Waitingfordoggo · 04/07/2024 23:46

I’ve seen pics of that roundabout before but never been on it. I don’t really understand it. What’s to stop you treating it like a giant roundabout and just going all the way round the outside?

hennybeans · 04/07/2024 23:46

No roundabouts in California. I think they’re an eastern thing. But we make up for it with 12 lane freeways that are completely free for alls.

YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer · 04/07/2024 23:45

Ladyzfactor · 04/07/2024 23:27

American here. We have roundabouts. There being put up in a lot of places, there are at least three that I hit on my way to work. I know it's light hearted jab but it's not accurate really anymore.

I'm also American. From Mass, we call them Rotarys there. There was one in the small town I grew up in, so not scary at all. I mean its a crazy looking thing, but not sure why I should be feeling fear looking at it LOL

Sassy306 · 04/07/2024 23:45

RoseDog · 04/07/2024 23:20

They are not roundabouts they are "circles"...where am I from?

Dundee??

TheOriginalEmu · 04/07/2024 23:45

DreamTheMoors · 04/07/2024 22:45

Boo!@mummaof0 from California

That’s just a lot of roads that pass each other in one place. That roundabout in Swindon is the work of Satan himself.

YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer · 04/07/2024 23:43

pikkumyy77 · 04/07/2024 23:26

I’m from Massachusetts. We have rotarys here that would freeze your blood. And since we took down all our street signs in 1776 to confuse you all its almost impossible to even figure out where you are going.

Trying to find their way around Boston would be a joy to see 😀

saltinesandcoffeecups · 04/07/2024 23:42

LiterallyOnFire · 04/07/2024 23:36

I won't go in it at all, so I don't actually know
. LA is terrifying.

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It’s not LA… it’s an upper midwestern city 🤣

Wigtopia · 04/07/2024 23:42

Ladyzfactor · 04/07/2024 23:27

American here. We have roundabouts. There being put up in a lot of places, there are at least three that I hit on my way to work. I know it's light hearted jab but it's not accurate really anymore.

Do you hit them on your way to work because you drive into them and not around them? 😉

steff13 · 04/07/2024 23:41

There are lots of roundabouts in my area in Ohio.

AnnieSnap · 04/07/2024 23:41

DreamTheMoors · 04/07/2024 22:45

Boo!@mummaof0 from California

I’ve driven a lot in various States in the US (I’m a Brit). I have found that all kinds of road systems are there, but roundabout freak most (?) American drivers out. There has been a roundabout in Sarasota for decades and the level of hesitation and confusion in drivers who approach it is hilarious to a British driver 😃

CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 04/07/2024 23:40

RoseDog · 04/07/2024 23:20

They are not roundabouts they are "circles"...where am I from?

New Jersey

Is it a cliche that there aren't roundabouts in the US? Odd.

LiterallyOnFire · 04/07/2024 23:37

Ladyzfactor · 04/07/2024 23:27

American here. We have roundabouts. There being put up in a lot of places, there are at least three that I hit on my way to work. I know it's light hearted jab but it's not accurate really anymore.

Well I just learnt something.

It takes time doesn't it, for new of reality to overtake mental images?

LiterallyOnFire · 04/07/2024 23:36

saltinesandcoffeecups · 04/07/2024 23:23

Are you doing 70mph around that? ‘Cause we are 🙂

I won't go in it at all, so I don't actually know
. LA is terrifying.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 04/07/2024 23:34

pikkumyy77 · 04/07/2024 23:26

I’m from Massachusetts. We have rotarys here that would freeze your blood. And since we took down all our street signs in 1776 to confuse you all its almost impossible to even figure out where you are going.

Happy Independence Day!