Most of the roundabouts mentioned are pretty functional. Using roundabouts is quite simple, and are more efficient then normal intersections.

@danielrose1392

6 жыл бұрын

A video about roundabouts made by someone not understanding the difference between a roundabout and a traffic circle. I am sure the author hates them because he doesn't know the rules either.

@goodmaro

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielrose1392 There is nothing to understand because it's a distinction without a difference, an artifact of propaganda.

@danielrose1392

3 жыл бұрын

@@goodmaro The difference is clear. In a roundabout you have to give way when entering, while a traffic circle might have any priority rules.

@goodmaro

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielrose1392 That's not true. The default rule for traffic circles in the USA and Canada is that drivers entering the circle yield to traffic already in the circle. Although it is possible that a particular portion of a particular circle may be signed otherwise -- that happens sometimes when they're modified long after they're built, or when a town square is adapted to function as a circle, or legacy circles built at a time when few people had motor vehicles -- nobody *designed* traffic circles to function any other way. Which means that if that's a defining characteristic of roundabouts, *all* traffic circles were designed as roundabouts.

@user-pd6bd7ir4z

Жыл бұрын

@@goodmaro Well whatever the case is, you Americans should stay away from European roads and especially UK roads as you haven't got the skills to drive safely on these. We have MANUAL cars, narrow roads, roundabouts etc. Sometimes in a quick succession

Haha.I did my driving test on Swindon roundabout

The Swindon roundabout is actually not bad at all, and gives you lot of freedom.

@MagyarTerminator

3 жыл бұрын

Freedom the way you can break your car 😃

You do realise that the one in Swindon UK is called The Magic Roundabout and not the one in Hertfordshire UK.

@daisyamelia9359

7 жыл бұрын

planekrazy No they're both called the magic roundabout. It's weird but is also quite famous...kinda...

@BaldMancTwat

3 жыл бұрын

@Janey Egerton There are several in the UK and people refer to all of them as magic roundabouts.

@jasonriddy

3 жыл бұрын

Plus he dose not know how to say Hertfordshire

This channel is way too critical, and because of this one video, I will not be back.

@KhunRoger

7 жыл бұрын

And silly one-liner comments at the end of the description of each roundabout don't help - quite pathetic, actually.

@TheBlackbelair

5 жыл бұрын

@@KhunRoger Let me just say this about that... give me some time to think of something to say.

I live in malaysia . The one in Putrajaya , accidents rarely occur. Not manny cars are there

Acts like round abouts cause more accidents. Doesn't realize overall roundabouts have shown to achieve a 37 % reduction in collisions as opposed to traffic lights. Also the Swindon round about allows you to take the shortest route possible or a different route if the current one is backed up. Once you understand that there really is just a round about with a inner reverse round about and the others are just access points to go from inner, outer, or exit.

The one in Hemel Hempstead actually works a lot better than it looks. Been through it often, in the morning rush it's usually quicker to go the "long way" around.

Why do so many Americans hate roundabouts? They are way safer than most intersections.

@MrSpiritmonger

5 жыл бұрын

they aren't that hard to use, but the city was designed poorly from the beginning.

@MacNchess97

4 жыл бұрын

They don't want to give others space to go

How can people drive into a roundabout without knowing the rules of a roundabout? That is to say, how can people own a car and drive without knowing about such a basic concept?

There’s a magic roundabout next to Terminal 4 at London Heathrow Airport and i remember going across it and saying “was that a magic roundabout like Swindon” and looked at it once i got home. Turns out it was and was very much easier than you’d expect since it was smooth and i got straight through.

#1 is easy to navigate, if you know where you're going. You can drive in either direction, really.

The diameter of a standardized city-approved roundabout is between 10-100 meters. The #9 spot on your list clearly breaks the official roundabout protocol and should therefore be disqualified from your list.

@TheSubArcticTrain

7 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking. Because with that logic; the M25 (a ring motorway that surrounds London, UK) is a roundabout... When it quite obviously not. So I agree. ps. I realise this comment is quite old!

Glad the UK made the list twice.

I'm dizzy just watching this. I luv the roundabouts within a roundabout.

@TheBlackbelair

5 жыл бұрын

Otherwise known as compound roundabouts.

The problem is that some people get nervous if there's much traffic. They can barely handle the car let alone dealing with other motorists. And roudabouts is too much for them. This category of people shouldn't be on the road in the first place.

Swindon Magic Roundabout looks chaotic and daunting for a new user. But as long as you know the rules in using roundabouts

@user-pd6bd7ir4z

Жыл бұрын

The Magic Roundabout is actually not that bad from what I've heard. You can actually just ignore the BIG roundabout and just treat it as 5 mini-roundabouts. Following usual rules. Although I am not sure why sometimes there 2 middle lanes feeding into these miniroundabouts. That's a bit off

The one in Black Rock/Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia is very similar to the Somerville one

just looked up the Halifax roundabout on googlemaps and it does not as stated in this video give right of way to those entering!

The swindon roundabout isnt that bad unless there is a football match about to start

Look up what a gyratory roundabout is they are very safe.

It’s very nice in this video but in practice it’s not so sad

6:23 Swindon Roundabout, A.K.A: Magic Roundabout. I went through there today!!!

this is fairly hectic.

The second one are my roads in Cities Skylines

where is the turbo plein in rotterdam

Seriously awful commentary. Do you even drive? Two lane roundabouts are pretty common and very simple... Go read the UK highway code for roundabouts and they have nice drawings for you. "It has two lanes so makes it really difficult". What a joke... in the UK three and four lane roundabouts are fairly common nowadays in cities.

Why do people make roundabouts like this?

Iv driven on #1 swindon roundabout..its actually not bad u just take then 1 at a time..i admit i was worried the 1st time..but its actually ok

13 craziest "ralnd abalts"

161/Riverside roundabout in Dublin, OH. should be included.

@jaycee330

3 жыл бұрын

That's just a standard multi-lane roundabout.

lol