Roundabouts: Circles More Deadly Than Krispy Kreme (not to mention less delicious).
It goes without saying how I feel about these rings of death, lethal cousins to the equally infuriating 4-Way Stop, that have popped up among the quaint Olympia/Lacey metropolis over the last couple of years, but if there is one thing that might make them more bearable, it would be the implementing of "Idiot Detour" signs at some point before the approach to the roundabout begins to send them off on their merry, perpendicular ways. This would at least spare those of us with brains in our skulls from being subjected to assclowns who:
1. Think a solid line in a road changes its meaning once it's no longer going straight, and therefore:
2. Think it's perfectly reasonable to cut right over on you to exit the circle simply because they were too stupid to enter the circle in the correct fucking lane, and therefore:
3. Cause people to stop in the circle, creating the potential for rear-endings and multiple visits to chiropractors, and therefore:
4. Deserve to have their cars riddled with buckshot for every stupid offense involving said circle of death.
While 4-Way Stops are more time consuming and almost as annoying, they at least allow people to have a little more pause and reaction time rather than just have them hop into a revolving idiot trap. And if that fails there are always traffic lights. And if those fail, manufacturers could work on developing remote, electro-shock devices to be installed into our cars that woud allow us to buzz the living shit out of the offenders from the above list. Perhaps it would cause more car accidents, but fuck it would be fun!!
I love the idea of roundabouts. I hate that NO ONE knows the proper rules of a roundabout.
ReplyDeleteWhile living in the UK they were my biggest driving concern. Not because I didn't know the rules, I would feel safe if I was the only one that didn't know what I was doing. But when nobody seems to know roundabout rules, it gets SCARY!
(I live in Rochester, we are practically neighbors! Hello!)
Toryssa- that is so wild! My good friend lives in Rochester and I just got back from there not 20 minutes ago! LOL It is indeed a small world!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I think it's not so much the circles themselves, but the numbskulls using them. It is a case of the invention being way too advanced for the users. :)