Arc de Triomphe - Timelapse of Worlds worst roundabout and traffic - Paris [4K]

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
  • A timelapse of the Arc de Triomphe, Paris of the traffic and roundabout. A taxi hits a motorcycle in the horrific roundabout, can you spot it?
    Then police turn up to help direct the traffic onto and off the roundabout.
    Hope you enjoy.
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Komentáře • 185

  • @ActionGoVideos
    @ActionGoVideos  Před 3 lety +12

    Thanks to everyone for the support, we have hit 100K views!

  • @raphaeloester4753
    @raphaeloester4753 Před 2 lety +92

    Driving in this thing outside of rush hours (it flows much more) is unironically one of the funniest driving experiences I've ever had. That sense of absolute freedom on this huge donut without laws is priceless

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Před rokem +1

      Lies again? Crazy Horse Gamble Bet

    • @christopheripoll2580
      @christopheripoll2580 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I do confirm. This is a really fun: ultimate driving freedom and piloting.

  • @mcb187
    @mcb187 Před 5 lety +158

    This was both satisfying and anxiety inducing...

    • @blueskirt5842
      @blueskirt5842 Před 3 lety +2

      There was no satisfaction, there is only anxiety and an endless stream of "what the hell is wrong with you people!!?!?!?"

    • @Fuhrertheboss
      @Fuhrertheboss Před rokem

      Its the house music

  • @rh4009
    @rh4009 Před 3 lety +39

    I stalled my stick-shift rental car in there once. Learnt some French words I didn't know existed that day.

    • @SuperCarExotics2024
      @SuperCarExotics2024 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Better man than me. I wouldve walked far away and just called someone 😂

  • @m322_yt
    @m322_yt Před 3 lety +46

    I am very happy to hear that Paris is working toward becoming more pedestian- and bicycle-friendly.

    • @christopheripoll2580
      @christopheripoll2580 Před 3 měsíci

      It is making driving in Paris even harder than it has always been.

  • @edwardjminoletti5564
    @edwardjminoletti5564 Před 4 lety +33

    Been here many times and it’s absolutely amazing! I’ve never seen a wreck but I’m sure they must happen. When you’re in it yourself, it’s quite the experience.

    • @SirMike02
      @SirMike02 Před 3 lety +13

      Not a wreck, but it looks like there was a small "accident" at 0:36 right in the center bottom with a motorcyclist

  • @emilyjayne0112
    @emilyjayne0112 Před 6 lety +29

    I found this so satisfying the way the cars just flowed out

    • @ActionGoVideos
      @ActionGoVideos  Před 6 lety +5

      Emily Jayne That's the idea. It was hard to film it with each junction and buildings and roundabout. But it came out well.

    • @reyariass
      @reyariass Před 5 lety +1

      Same! But imagining driving there!

    • @ENER75
      @ENER75 Před 5 lety

      Same !!

  • @Cpr1234
    @Cpr1234 Před 6 lety +64

    Bottom of screen at 0:38

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh Před 5 lety +37

    At 1:38, the traffic cop pulls up on a scooter which he leaves in the median in the center, by the first crosswalk. He then walks down into the chaos and moves around to different places. He's wearing a white helmet; after you see it, you can track him.

    • @reyariass
      @reyariass Před 5 lety +6

      Saw that too! I think he was attempting to direct traffic on when they should wait or go.

    • @theghostmachine
      @theghostmachine Před 4 lety +9

      I saw that too and when he stepped in it was like magic the way traffic started flowing faster

    • @Melmel9703
      @Melmel9703 Před 3 lety +4

      Whoaw !
      Who is this guy ? He is making the trafic ! Even if I'm french I think it's dangerous and at the same time awesome.

  • @CreedBrattonTheOffice
    @CreedBrattonTheOffice Před 4 lety +50

    Looks like Cities Skylines traffic!

  • @pbice
    @pbice Před 3 lety +10

    There are few pedestrians, but the sidewalk is super huge.
    For car drivers, traffic jam is the daily routine.

  • @user-sc5ey4we9e
    @user-sc5ey4we9e Před 3 lety +13

    Me: watching this video
    Also Me: Imagining how I would fix this in CITIES SKYLINES

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh Před 5 lety +37

    These streets were created a great many years before cars existed. For pedestrians and horsedrawn vehicles that all moved slowly, there wouldn't have been any problems. This, however, is horrific.

    • @davetaylor6347
      @davetaylor6347 Před 5 lety +6

      A set of traffic lights would fix that chaos!
      Just imagine the anxiety of a driver who has never been to that area and is unsure of where he wants to go! Look for signage? Ya, right!

    • @JeezVince
      @JeezVince Před 4 lety +14

      Funnily that was barely better with horses, there where almost as many of them as cars and they would take huge spaces... they were also shiting everywhere and the noise on the cobblestones was a nightmare, cars were actually a relief!

    • @noefillon1749
      @noefillon1749 Před 4 lety +4

      Traffic lights there would slow down the traffic in a horrible way

    • @yaskoda
      @yaskoda Před 2 lety

      💀

    • @Bobspineable
      @Bobspineable Před 11 měsíci

      Clearly you haven’t been to India then.

  • @Melpheos1er
    @Melpheos1er Před 3 lety +7

    And in this video you are seeing a 4th of the total size of this roundabout. There are 12 streets leading to this horrible place

  • @nomedmeme
    @nomedmeme Před 5 lety +28

    Hi, I am asking your permission to use this video as an intro to my compilations. I will credit you for sure in the description of my videos. Thanks in advance.

    • @ActionGoVideos
      @ActionGoVideos  Před 5 lety +10

      You can yes. However, it does need a link in the description and a small corner credit on screen saying 'Action Go'

    • @nomedmeme
      @nomedmeme Před 5 lety +5

      @@ActionGoVideos I will add the link in the description for sure but is it ok if I don't add the on screen credit on it? because it's only 10 seconds into.

    • @ActionGoVideos
      @ActionGoVideos  Před 5 lety +7

      Yep ok. But if its intro. My link should be the top link

    • @nomedmeme
      @nomedmeme Před 5 lety +7

      @@ActionGoVideos You got it, no problem. Thx

  • @TheBlackbelair
    @TheBlackbelair Před 5 lety +17

    Enter at your own risk! Autonomous cars will never go there!

  • @georgetjn
    @georgetjn Před 3 lety +11

    I lived for a few years in Paris, it isn't horrific at all. Everyone pays attention, you just thread your way through it. I am more scared these days on a British motorway !

    • @stevemcelmy9354
      @stevemcelmy9354 Před rokem +1

      'Everyone pays attention, you just thread your way through it.'
      Some comprehensible rules or perhaps marked lanes may help though.

  • @LegendaryPredecessor
    @LegendaryPredecessor Před rokem +3

    Drove over it last week as a tourist. Isn't all that bad. Traffic from the right has priority, as long as you remember that and take it slow you are good :)

  • @sktzn6829
    @sktzn6829 Před 4 lety +6

    the way it works is so interesting. It looks like the cars would not be able to move once they start criss-crossing each other in the middle and stopping, but everything ends up flowing out relatively quickly. Guess the drivers are used to it.

    • @JeezVince
      @JeezVince Před 4 lety +4

      It's really impressive when you're in it, I take it all the time in a bus and the view from above at the front of the bus is scary. I still don't understand how there isn't more people dying. At night when the traffic hits it's just mayhem.

  • @zb7297
    @zb7297 Před 5 lety +20

    Seems to work efficient. But looks crazy.

  • @PEPEDEBARRO
    @PEPEDEBARRO Před 3 lety +8

    And this is just Foch, Grande Armée and Carnot, there are nine more street entrances

    • @ActionGoVideos
      @ActionGoVideos  Před 3 lety +2

      Correct! When filming we decided on these streets as they had highest levels of traffic entering.

  • @therealvbw
    @therealvbw Před 4 lety +6

    You have to ask specifically for insurance on the Arc de Triomphe.

  • @williamgrissom9022
    @williamgrissom9022 Před 4 lety +5

    Similar to Bangkok or Jakarta, except 90% scooters there. Not quite so chaotic or dangerous at actual speed, indeed round-abouts are quite efficient. The backups come from traffic lights on the exiting lanes.

  • @letsgobrandon7310
    @letsgobrandon7310 Před 3 lety +3

    The red lights so close to the roundabout on all exiting lanes really kills the flow.

    • @edipires15
      @edipires15 Před 3 lety +8

      Actually it is those traffic lights that promotes the flow of traffic: here the cars entering have the right of way, so those lights near the roundabout permits the cars inside the roundabout to continue without stopping for those entering, otherwise it would be deadlocked

  • @sanapadsense1999
    @sanapadsense1999 Před 3 lety +4

    And most of these cars have manual gearbox.

  • @Maxime_K-G
    @Maxime_K-G Před 3 lety +24

    Gotta say, it's sad to see how little color there is in cars these days.

    • @Arnold1987
      @Arnold1987 Před 2 lety +1

      dang it.... you are right.... and I dont like it.... ;) Lets start painting some ^.^'

    • @blanksky3342
      @blanksky3342 Před 2 lety

      @@Arnold1987 if only or werent so pricey to get it done right...

    • @joshualuigi220
      @joshualuigi220 Před 2 lety +4

      If this was taking during the middle of a weekday, most of the vehicles are probably work vehicles. "Plain white van with decals" is a very standard work vehicle. Also, black seems to be a common taxi cab color in Europe and this is a tourist area which explains the large number of black sedans.

    • @Lefty93
      @Lefty93 Před 2 lety

      @@joshualuigi220 Exactly ! You're 100% right. There are lots of colored and crazy artistic looking cars in Paris, just not during work hours.

  • @ragnarocking
    @ragnarocking Před rokem +1

    There's no traffic lights? What do they use, then? Courtesy?
    Unreal 😁

  • @frontenbrecher
    @frontenbrecher Před 6 lety +7

    Mesmerizing! I enjoyed watching this.
    Also, it's far better/quicker. with a roundabout than with red light stops

    • @ActionGoVideos
      @ActionGoVideos  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Just seems crazy to watch, so I filmed it
      Don't forget to share.

  • @milesi1469
    @milesi1469 Před 4 lety +2

    The song is Adventures - A Himitsu

  • @ArtFlunky
    @ArtFlunky Před 5 lety +27

    Reminds me of the days I was a sperm.

  • @TheBorkka
    @TheBorkka Před 4 lety +32

    This looks really inefficient.

    • @philippe5249
      @philippe5249 Před 3 lety +18

      It looks french

    • @luckyluke5638
      @luckyluke5638 Před 3 lety +8

      It's actually the most efficient way to deal with that amount of traffic

    • @TheBorkka
      @TheBorkka Před 3 lety +6

      @@luckyluke5638 I think the city planning was more focused on esthetics and symmetry than efficiency.

    • @luckyluke5638
      @luckyluke5638 Před 3 lety +5

      @@TheBorkka Considering the mess of medieval streets Paris was before the 19th century no, city planning wasn't focused on aethestics and symmetry.
      Paris wasn't built for tourists. The great Paris boulevards were built under Napoléon III mainly to facilitate traffic and for defense purposes (easier to move troops, better long distance visibility, safer to engage an enemy on a wide battlefield, and harder for the enemy to hide).
      The roundabout itself is very efficient at moving traffic given the conditions.

    • @Propain4eva
      @Propain4eva Před 3 lety

      @@philippe5249 ooof

  • @andrecorreia8568
    @andrecorreia8568 Před 3 lety +9

    This is not a roundabout. Yes it is round, but it is an intersection. In a roundabout you have priority once you are in it. In this intersection of hell, if you enter you are doomed!!

    • @utube101x
      @utube101x Před 3 lety

      Many roundabouts in the us follow the same take your life into your own hands approach to entering one. Revere, MA has some of the worst. What this Roundabout needs (in addition to drivers following the rules) are smaller roundabouts that go the opposite direction on the intersections. Seems crazy, but they work wonders for reducing traffic on the main circle.

  • @paneas8879
    @paneas8879 Před 2 lety +3

    In Bucharest we also have a small Arc de Triomphe. We also have this amount of trafic, maybe higher. We also have a roundabout similar to this one. But the trafic flow is very good because there is some differences. We don't have normal roundabout rules, we have priorities based on the street with the most trafic and also traffic lights.
    You can watch it here:
    czcams.com/video/51k7kEaS5GI/video.html

    • @alexandruilea915
      @alexandruilea915 Před 2 lety +1

      Exactly, this should have been controlled by trafic lights instead of a roundabout.

    • @dailygumul4548
      @dailygumul4548 Před rokem

      Ikut gabung disini..salam kenal dari indonesia

  • @MahendraSingh-iy3yb
    @MahendraSingh-iy3yb Před 3 lety +3

    This is actually traffic of Delhi 2.0 version

  • @torrynakete2359
    @torrynakete2359 Před 5 lety +1

    Very fun to watch

  • @DAA-JW
    @DAA-JW Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing city. Will these buildings withstand the apocalypse.

  • @ranagavalda
    @ranagavalda Před 3 lety +4

    Mdrrrrrr mais les mecs font un constat sur la place à 00:50 !

    • @timotheduermael7365
      @timotheduermael7365 Před 3 lety

      Ça a l'air d'être un contrôle de police par des motards non ?

    • @ranagavalda
      @ranagavalda Před 3 lety

      @@timotheduermael7365 ça paraît un peu ghetto quand même en plein milieu de la route haha

  • @mikewatkinson1996
    @mikewatkinson1996 Před 3 lety +1

    Finding the motorcyclist that got hit is like Where's Waldo the fucked up edition

  • @user-gl1sr2zs5s
    @user-gl1sr2zs5s Před 4 měsíci

    0:36 naughty Ami skips the queue by driving on the wrong side of the road...

  • @user-mj8cf7so7t
    @user-mj8cf7so7t Před 2 lety +2

    I have crossed this roundabout on foot. Didn't know there was an underground passage at that time 🙄

  • @dailygumul4548
    @dailygumul4548 Před rokem

    Aktifitas kendaraan kota yg padat namun terlihat begitu indah..

  • @Fuhrertheboss
    @Fuhrertheboss Před rokem

    What song is this? I don't see any credit in the description =P

  • @stevemcelmy9354
    @stevemcelmy9354 Před rokem

    Fck me I thought we had chaotic traffic in England. This is on a different level.

  • @valeratugarin8310
    @valeratugarin8310 Před rokem

    people say they've never seen an accident here. 0:37 at the bottom of the screen, the car hit the wheel of a motorcycle

  • @Aaanze
    @Aaanze Před rokem

    It is actually a known fact that most french insurance companies, when covering an accident on this specific roundabout don't even try to look for whoever's fault it is, as being there in the first place is already considered a reasonable cause for accident. It's like asking a boxer why he broke his nose. Not relevant.

  • @wavyy
    @wavyy Před 3 lety +1

    when you didn't hear about the TM:PE mod yet

  • @Quesepasseraitil
    @Quesepasseraitil Před 3 lety

    Hi! It is possible, if I credit you, to use this vidéo for a report on my youtube channel ?

  • @averyellis
    @averyellis Před 3 měsíci

    I live in the states. This video would end in a crash at :02

  • @JennyLong1513
    @JennyLong1513 Před 5 lety +14

    They need pedestrian bridges. Get rid of the crosswalks, traffic will flow.

    • @omineol9897
      @omineol9897 Před 4 lety +4

      Its paris if they do the pedestrian bridge its will become Shanghai
      We dont want that

    • @noefillon1749
      @noefillon1749 Před 4 lety +3

      There are underground pedestrian corridors to go tithe center of the roundabout and that's all

    • @idromano
      @idromano Před 3 lety

      Or perhaps take space from cars and make it into sidewalks, bike paths, bus lanes... If it's more inconvenient to drive, less people drive.

  • @giano7u718
    @giano7u718 Před rokem +1

    Who opened my cities skylines game?

  • @MrJinxmaster1
    @MrJinxmaster1 Před rokem

    Why are there no lanes or lights at such a busy junction? Looks more like a street in india than france. Do they seriously refuse to alter the aesthetics because of the monument? If so direct traffic away as much as possible.

  • @drivenhome3257
    @drivenhome3257 Před 2 lety

    If all those cross walks were underground passages the circle would be moving fluidly. The pedestrians are causing the grid lock.

    • @SuperLn1991
      @SuperLn1991 Před 2 lety +1

      Some of them are

    • @zonaryorange8734
      @zonaryorange8734 Před rokem +1

      Cars cause gridlock, the issue with motorway traffic never has been and never will be the people NOT in a vehicle 😂

  • @tsgogol3583
    @tsgogol3583 Před 2 lety

    Is there any pedestrian crossings here?

  • @cayahenry8793
    @cayahenry8793 Před rokem

    talk about an organism... it's crazy how complex we are

  • @dslamo
    @dslamo Před 3 lety

    what if you miss your exit and haft to go around again

  • @kschmoopy
    @kschmoopy Před 2 lety

    Uhh, I think I’ll just take le métro!

  • @ActionGoVideos
    @ActionGoVideos  Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks to everyone for the support, we have hit 200K views!

  • @ennis_w
    @ennis_w Před 2 lety

    If a car appears from right bottom corner, I cannot tell where it is going.

  • @madeinepirus2989
    @madeinepirus2989 Před 6 lety +9

    0:38

  • @cybulskiya8725
    @cybulskiya8725 Před 3 lety

    When i was in paris i had no idea how to get across so my dumbass sprinted across the roundabout 😂

  • @Simboiss
    @Simboiss Před 3 měsíci

    This is not a timelapse. It's a normal video that's been accelerated in post.

    • @ActionGoVideos
      @ActionGoVideos  Před 3 měsíci

      The video was recorded at 30 frames per second. So it's a time-lapse just with a really high frequency

  • @schnornbalters-family2994

    Videospeed:2x&1,5x&0,5x=best sound

  • @cryankiebuillars105
    @cryankiebuillars105 Před 4 lety +1

    Take a shot every time you see a black or white colored car.

    • @SuperLn1991
      @SuperLn1991 Před 4 lety

      Black, grey and white cars are the cheapest here, if you wants a now color cars you need to buy it as an option and it's quite expensive so they are rare

  • @drenchedforge4840
    @drenchedforge4840 Před 5 lety

    What is the music called?

  • @bukai_oklm
    @bukai_oklm Před 10 měsíci

    parisians actually drive amazingly well, they're just brutal

  • @generalralph6291
    @generalralph6291 Před 3 lety +1

    If you are in Paris, get out.

  • @SBCBears
    @SBCBears Před 4 lety +2

    I crossed it on foot in daylight from the Champs Elysee to the arch.

  • @toby319
    @toby319 Před 2 lety

    What I don't get is why the cars exiting the roundabout have to give way to those entering

    • @user-pd6bd7ir4z
      @user-pd6bd7ir4z Před rokem

      because this isnt a modern style roundabout at all. It’s basically a giant circle controlled by lights

  • @dunkz1999
    @dunkz1999 Před 3 lety +2

    Wahnsinn!

  • @karrot101
    @karrot101 Před 2 lety

    what a wow

  • @nirlog2848
    @nirlog2848 Před 2 lety

    As a Bangladesh

  • @molagsballs
    @molagsballs Před 2 lety

    guy crashes into the bike at 0:40 and they start arguing 😁

  • @da96103
    @da96103 Před 2 lety

    This looks like Ho Chin Minh city but with cars instead of motorcycles.

  • @enzomastrovito3448
    @enzomastrovito3448 Před 4 lety +1

    Omg le rond point dla mort

  • @conorchristmas6844
    @conorchristmas6844 Před 2 lety

    Me: hi dr, can I have another script for Valium.

  • @xgentis
    @xgentis Před 10 měsíci

    It's not a roundabout but a road junction of twelves avenues, each have traffic lights.

  • @chrisaugustin9181
    @chrisaugustin9181 Před 2 lety

    Why don’t they put markings on it??

    • @fumanchu4785
      @fumanchu4785 Před 2 lety

      Because there are NO lanes!

    • @george4821
      @george4821 Před rokem

      Because nobody would bother going up the Arc de Triumph if you couldn't watch the cars trying to navigate that roundabout from hell.

  • @susiejasminlifeinuk
    @susiejasminlifeinuk Před 4 lety +3

    Omg so dangerous to drive

    • @bruh666
      @bruh666 Před 3 lety +1

      Not really, everyone is driving really slowly bc it's always so busy and messy, so worst case scenario you scrape your car a little. there's never serious collisions because you can't speed up.

  • @juancarloscastro816
    @juancarloscastro816 Před 2 lety

    En ese sentido acá en LATAM estamos más avanzados

  • @Xindi86
    @Xindi86 Před 2 lety

    What the hell

  • @JETZcorp
    @JETZcorp Před 2 lety

    This is... evil

  • @Piryelgaymer
    @Piryelgaymer Před 5 lety

    Que puto desastre de cruce por dios

  • @coldvoid
    @coldvoid Před 2 lety

    Madness :/

  • @deblevine4580
    @deblevine4580 Před 2 lety

    This is true. This is real. Do NOT attempt to drive here!

  • @mattikaki
    @mattikaki Před 28 dny

    That’s like in India.

  • @shannonmarchat
    @shannonmarchat Před rokem

    I live in Paris and pass through this often on my Vespa 🛵 It is INSANE (controlled) CHAOS - when it's empty it's great, when it's packed rush hour you barely move, but when it's medium traffic that feels the worst because people just FLY out of everywhere!

  • @bagas5945
    @bagas5945 Před 4 lety

    Traffic light??

  • @L.BCinematography
    @L.BCinematography Před 3 lety

    It’s like a gathering of cockroaches eerie and beautiful and lynchian

  • @drivenhome3257
    @drivenhome3257 Před 2 lety

    The cross walks are causing much more air pollution from the waiting vehicles. This could be so easily and safely remedied.

  • @rosshirst5474
    @rosshirst5474 Před rokem

    To me we look like sheep

  • @ericli6339
    @ericli6339 Před 3 lety

    I'm Canadian and I have no idea what the French traffic rule is for roundabout. Do cars in the roundabout have to yield for cars on the right?

    • @ubertoaster99
      @ubertoaster99 Před 3 lety +5

      This isn't a true roundabout as people on the roundabout are giving way to people coming onto it.

    • @hebneh
      @hebneh Před 3 lety +1

      I suspect there are no rules, and even if there are, they're ignored.

    • @thaleis
      @thaleis Před 3 lety +4

      @@hebneh Oh yes there are rules... just the usual ones applied everywhere in France and the rest of the world in general : following the priority of others drivers by tour right... if it wasn’t the case, it would be a permanent cars crash here. Parisians know pretty well how to navigate in their city.

  • @bertosudu9506
    @bertosudu9506 Před 2 lety

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @WembleyGaming
    @WembleyGaming Před rokem

    Only the French could cause such disorganised chaos

    • @george4821
      @george4821 Před rokem

      The irony is, their main base for promotion for the roof of the Arc de Triumph is to see how organised the city is (because all the roads lead to it or something).

  • @dunk92
    @dunk92 Před 2 lety

    They probably have never heard of a turbo roundabout. They can make this super efficient by adding 4 - 6 car lains. This is so stupid to see.

    • @max200023
      @max200023 Před 2 lety

      There are 12 roads that culminate on this one traffic circle... A turbo roundabout will not work and cause a massive gridlock.

    • @SuperLn1991
      @SuperLn1991 Před 2 lety +1

      France is the land of roundabout, they own more than half of our planet's roundabout, I'm pretty sure they know about lains.

  • @supremeleader9838
    @supremeleader9838 Před 2 lety +1

    who had the brainwave that entering traffic has priority over traffic already on the roundabout? trust the french to use a roundabout to increase traffic jams…

  • @EthanfromEngland-
    @EthanfromEngland- Před 2 lety

    Why are there no painted lanes? People are clearing trying to use lanes so just paint them?...even the roads coming off the roundabout arent painted and people are clearly using lanes, so just paint the damn things? The Arcul de Triumf in Romania has lanes at least to guide people in and out and where to stop.

  • @JohnnyDogshit
    @JohnnyDogshit Před 3 lety +1

    Why is it so tragically shit? Can't they redesign it?

  • @DoctorSkillz
    @DoctorSkillz Před 2 lety

    No wonder France is in the decline.