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Originally Posted by Lblueocala
Round abouts are a thing from the northeast part of the US. People from the northeast learned to navigate them when they were learning to drive. Most of the rest of the US doesn't have them. They are not part of learning to drive in the rest of the country. DONT assume just because people have some problems navigating them they are stupid. The first time you encounter them it can be confusing and intimidating. Traffic moves very fast though them. NOT everyone is from New England. You can be dealing with cars, trucks, motorcycles, golf carts, bicycles, people with poor eyesight, slower reflexes. COMMON sense folks, THINK, put your minds in motion before putting your mouths in gear. Chill out you're in Florida now, not up north.
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I'm not sure what you consider the northeast but re: roundabouts-they had them in Brooklyn but they were taken out due to exactly what people are saying here-THEY ARE DANGEROUS. A guess, they were taken out before 1960. I lived in upstate NY and they do not have any.
People have posted read the rules. I see that scene in that old comedy movie, "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines," where one competitor is reading the instruction book as he is a flying his plane.
As we read these posts, you can be sure few people know the rules and fewer yet will follow them.