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Old 09-17-2020, 09:19 AM
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maybe it's the name.....up north we called them 'rotaries', they were much bigger circles with nothing in the center obstructing views, much easier to navigate

but these 'roundabouts' in TV are nothing....if you really want a challenge....fly over to Ireland, where you drive on the opposite side of the road...there's more than a
few roundabouts over there that will test your driving skills...especially if you're driving a rental, using your left hand to operate the stick shift and have no clue where you're going...lol

we ended up going around more than a couple a few times...just for good measure

Same here! “Keep circling, I’ll check the map!” This was before GPS. Even worse was two lane roads more narrow than my tiny driveway with stone “walls” on one side and a cliff drop to the ocean on the other! ;-)

The country roads are very narrow in Ireland...it is amazing that so many cars in Ireland still have sideview mirrors...we brushed up against stone walls and hedgerows any number of times when a car was approaching from the opposite direction and I tried my best to pull over to "the wrong side of the road" to let them pass