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[–] [email protected] 97 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I feel like if a cop came by a few times and saw you still going around they would probably pull you over just to see if you're having an episode or something, then probably tell you to go home. I think you'd only really get in trouble if you were a dick about it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Imagine a lights and sirens pursuit around a roundabout.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I will, as long as I can imagine it set to the tune of Yakety Sax

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 5 days ago (2 children)

fwiw, I personally know for a fact that 15 to 20 minutes is fine. Ask me about other ironically bad first date ideas

[–] StarvingMartist 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Dont feel bad, my first date with my fiancée was at a grocery store

[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 days ago (2 children)

No way that's where I had my first prune

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How about other ironically bad first date ideas?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago

One of my personal faves: Told this girl in college that we were gonna go to a place called Donnie's steakhouse. She got somewhat dressed up for the occasion. Donnie's is just McDonalds. If they've got a good sense of humor (and she did), they'll get a good kick out of it. Although it may take a day or two.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 days ago

Leftists be like:

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago (2 children)

in germany driving around pointlessly is illegal i think

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I mean, it's Germany

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It is, but you have to do something really abstract, like this meme, to not be able to come up with some excuse that nobody cares to verify.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I wonder if it came about in the times when fuel was very expensive. A German physio I used to go to, told me when he was a kid they would have car free Sunday. Everyone walked or biked and the roads were full of pedestrians, it certainly would have cut 1/7th of the fuel usage.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Roundabouts force you to turn Left! It's Political!!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm in the UK, they force you to turn right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Well that explains the Liberal party

[–] smuuthbrane 66 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Driving? You're fine.

Drifting? You'll get yer peepee whacked.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

Drifting it is

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Theres probably easier ways to get your peepee whacked...

[–] smuuthbrane 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

In this economy???

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

A cousin and I have been competing for years to see how many times around we can go before we either stymie another driver or get pulled over.

I'm currently winning at 43. Neither of us have ever been pulled over, it's always some irate grandma who refuses to enter even though I give her plenty of room.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Now I wanted to know the answer.

What happens if a self driving car has a glitch and get stuck infinitely in an round about ?

[–] Gullible 24 points 5 days ago

Prob’ly towed. Self driving cars can’t recognize police. There are several videos of robotaxis horrifically malfunctioning and police can’t do much other than box them in and call the company to have them remotely shut off and towed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

You get stuck in vehicular purgatory.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago

If you confuse and distract other drivers, that's endangering traffic and police will remove you.

[–] uawarebrah 31 points 6 days ago

Basically Nascar tbh

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I believe the UK has a law for this and it's 7 times.

[–] neidu3 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Norway here. I'm sure I've heard 7 somewhere too.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

There's no such law in the UK.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

American here, although I have no clue 7 sounds fine so we're calling it. Get on with it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

American here

Too complicated for you.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

Even the word roundabout is too complicated... My GPS refers to them as "traffic circles".

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

A dew days ago ist saw an older Dude in a Bike, taking all the left turns in one of our roundabout. (Germany) I know that he rode for at least 3 hours. He wanted to reach 200 rounds, i think. Hope he made it.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I remember someone tested this. They lasted like eight hours until some neighbor called a cop

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Snitches get stitches.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Despite what many people think/have heard, most places do not have a specific law against doing loops in a roundabout. And when they do it is often a local ordinace(mostly small towns trying to prevent a local car community from driving up and down the main street all night). Although other laws or regulations can apply depending on circumstances.

Things like impeding/obstructing traffic, careless/reckless driving, noise ordinance, etc. But if you're driving around one in an industrial area at night, the worst you'll get is probably some accusing questions and a "warning".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

The first sentence was enough for me lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Look kids! Big Ben! Parliament!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (9 children)

My understanding is you're not allowed to make a full loop unless it's unsafe to proceed.

Edit: sorry seems I was ambiguous. Meant going fully around and continue around.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Where on earth did you hear this?

It's happened to me more than once that I missed my exit on an unfamiliar roundabout, and what you do is you keep going around and exit through the right exit in the next loop.

It's embarrassing, but perfectly legal.

Just make sure you pull to the left/inner lane (if there are multiple lanes in the roundabout), and move to the outer lane only when your exit is coming up. A pox on people who keep to the outer lane when they're not taking the exit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

What!? I think I've done a loop at least once when missing the exit (to catch it properly in the second attempt).

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In my country it's forbidden to drive in the roundabout for longer than necessary to reach the desired exit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Time is the 4th dimension right? Could you argue that you are trying to react the location of the exit at a specific location in time, therefore you have to make extra circles to reach your exit.

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