I bet you didnt know that

pickarooney

pickarooney wrote: »

In Paris only, cars on the roundabout have to yield to cars arriving on the right.

Maybe it was Paris.

eisenberg1

Candie wrote: »

Is it not less?

Maybe I'm imagining it, or it was somewhere else but I remember every car horn in the world blaring at my Dad when he mucked up a roundabout somewhere!

Is your Da Clark Griswold? 😂

eisenberg1

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Is your Da Clark Griswold? 😂

I went around the Walkinstown roundabout in Dublin about six times with my dad at the wheel once, so he's not Griswald but he's pretty damn close!

david75

A child's got more bones than a grown ups got

xalot

Not sure if this has been mentioned (it's a long thread) but never eat a polar bear's liver. It contains lethal amounts of Vitamin A.

Bandana boy

xalot wrote: »

Not sure if this has been mentioned (it's a long thread) but never eat a polar bear's liver. It contains lethal amounts of Vitamin A.

That's tonight's tea ruined !

razorblunt

david75 wrote: »

A child's got more bones than a grown ups got

Everyone knows that, it's a natural law.

razorblunt

Bandana boy wrote: »

That's tonight's tea ruined !

Switch to Grizzly liver, it's the polar opposite.

eisenberg1

Candie wrote: »

Is it not less?

Maybe I'm imagining it, or it was somewhere else but I remember every car horn in the world blaring at my Dad when he mucked up a roundabout somewhere!

It could be less. On reflection it was probably 1990 when I was there, and i was advised to extra careful at roundabouts due to the recent(ish) law change.

eisenberg1

eisenberg1 wrote: »

It could be less. On reflection it was probably 1990 when I was there, and i was advised to extra careful at roundabouts due to the recent(ish) law change.

I was only three then so it's probably somewhere else I'm thinking of, if not Paris.

Captain_Crash

Skylinehead wrote: »

The other half are in Ballycoolin.

I work in Ballycoolin and can verify this fact to be 100% correct!

Not only that, the road markings on a lot of them are new spiral pattern, which I have not seen on any other roundabout in the country, and no one knows how to use them properly (except me of course).

stimpson

Captain_Crash wrote: »

I work in Ballycoolin and can verify this fact to be 100% correct!

Not only that, the road markings on a lot of them are new spiral pattern, which I have not seen on any other roundabout in the country, and no one knows how to use them properly (except me of course).

Ignore the markings and hit it as fast as possible, clipping the apexes?

Me too.

Captain_Crash

stimpson wrote: »

Ignore the markings and hit it as fast as possible, clipping the apexes?

Me too.

Got it in one:P

stimpson

Captain_Crash wrote: »

Got it in one:P

Ha. Relevant username is relevant.

daveyeh

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

The '&' for 'and' is an Ampersand.

~ is a Tilde.

¶ the paragraph mark is called a Pilcrow.

Did you know that your username is Bulgarian for 'shameful act'?

cdeb

On the subject of traffic, in Drachten in Holland, they took away all their road markings and road signs in the town centre and found it made a big difference to road safety. People were too confused to drive quickly, and ended up being much more careful and courteous. Bit more on it here

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

daveyeh wrote: »

Did you know that your username is Bulgarian for 'shameful act'?

It's not actually.

The Bulgarian for shameful act is sramno deyanie.

New Home

cdeb wrote: »

On the subject of traffic, in Drachten in Holland, they took away all their road markings and road signs in the town centre and found it made a big difference to road safety. People were too confused to drive quickly, and ended up being much more careful and courteous. Bit more on it here

That's very much down to culture, I'd say. I'd like to see them trying something like that in places like Italy or Russia, for instance. I'd say the results would be much different.

daveyeh

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

It's not actually.

The Bulgarian for shameful act is sramno deyanie.

Well it is if you want to get all 'factual' about it.

But, when said in a hurried, embarrassed, mildly intoxicated rural accent, sounds exactly like 'Anders Shy Aircraft'. :cool:

Capt'n Midnight

Candie wrote: »

I went around the Walkinstown roundabout in Dublin about six times with my dad at the wheel once, so he's not Griswald but he's pretty damn close!

In the UK you must leave the roundabout as you are only allowed go around three times


There's a magic roundabout in Swindon, made out of roundabouts with one that goes backwards.

FanadMan

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

In the UK you must leave the roundabout as you are only allowed go around three times


There's a magic roundabout in Swindon, made out of roundabouts with one that goes backwards.

Know an Irish guy that went around a roundabout in the UK the wrong way....twice! He wasn't drunk or stoned, just a wee bit slow. Thankfully it was in the middle of the night. We were screaming at him but he only copped on when another car tried to join the roundabout. His solution? Stop, reverse on the roundabout and drive out the correct exit.

retalivity

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

In the UK you must leave the roundabout as you are only allowed go around three times


There's a magic roundabout in Swindon, made out of roundabouts with one that goes backwards.

For reference



The humanity

begbysback

Back and neck pain are common ailments in humans because we are still in the evolutionary process of going from walking on all fours to standing upright

Senna

retalivity wrote: »

For reference



The humanity

Is there only 5 exits and entries, why make it so complicated?

cdeb

I presume it comes back to the idea that roundabouts are more efficient than traffic lights?

stimpson

Senna wrote: »

Is there only 5 exits and entries, why make it so complicated?

Cars that take the first exit don't hit the main roundabout which reduces congestion on it. Apparently it's very efficient.

thee glitz

Senna wrote: »

Is there only 5 exits and entries, why make it so complicated?

The cars move anti-clockwise on the inner roundabout.

BBDBB

It's bewildering and slightly terrifying the first time you approach it but actually it makes a lot of sense when you are using it

I think there's also one in Hemel hempstead

Are Am Eye

There was a guy in this country who was driving home pissed when he missed his exit at the roundabout. He reversed back on the roundabout and smashed into another car coming around. He put his head down on the stearing wheel and said 'im fcuked now' the other guy didnt out but called the guards. The gardai arrived a few minutes later and spoke to the other guy first. Then one of them came up to the front car. "Listen pal just going to let you head on, this guy back here is off his head. Reckons you were reversing around the roundabout"

cantdecide

In international shipping, the documents are so critical to identifying the goods to all kinds of authorities, agencies and other interested parties that that the shipment is legally considered to be of documents, accompanied by goods, not the other way round.