As an European that immigrated to the US many, many years ago I witnessed roundabouts being introduced. I must say I changed that way I approach the roundabouts now. You never know what you will find
Not mindless. What you see is are people driving in a manner that has a carry-over pattern to how US roads have been set up forever. Roundabouts are an answer looking for a problem. If they're the norm in an area, great, the Roundabouts need to be in the system if nothing more than familiarity. Otherwise, they're not complicated but just different enough to be different for no real benefit. It won't stop unsafe drivers.
@@Resistculturaldecline 1. the benefit is that the flow of traffic doesn't get disrupted, i don't know why i even need to explain this 2. I don't see the coherence in your sentences but what do I know, i'm german
@@RazPerignon You’ll be good. Just remember to look to your right as you enter (the other way than you’re used to) if nothing is coming or you have time to pull out, then you’re fine. If there is more than one lane going around, try to stay in your lane. Drivers drifting across lanes can be a pain. Enjoy your trip.
@@RazPerignon Whenever I have to drive abroad, I pull to the side of the road before the first major junction I encounter (after picking up the hire car) and watch how the locals negotiate it. Saves a lot of stress
Just hilarious, we drive on the left in the UK so it took me a second to realise that all the people on the left were even in the wrong lane to start off.
This is absolute chaos! What the hell are they doing? It doesn't make any sense. Even if they don't know how to use a roundabout, how can they forget which side of the road they drive on? Why were so many of them driving on the left?
@@hugoaberg1168 Fr it is insane to me. I'm German and currently in the process of getting my license and honestly I'm not even that confident in everything yet but that would easily be enough to get a license in the USA xd
Which shows you have absolutely 0 fucking idea how it works to get a license here. Which makes sense as Europeans only look at the bad in America, right nazi boy
@@TotallyStonedBi Bro getting a license in the US is so much easier then in most European Countrys. I love the US but literally anyone could get a license there it's so insanely easy that most drivers don't even know how a freaking roundabout works which is literally the easiest way to have an intersection set up but you can't even wrap your head around that
I’ve seen people use roundabouts like shit in Spain. Not yielding to vehicles inside the roundabout, using inner lanes to exit it, etc. But this is next level insanity. People are driving against traffic which is so dangerous.
When i rented a car in Spain (the Canaries), the rental company told me to ignore the inside lane. I'm glad she told me. I'd have probably had an accident if i'd have used it how it was designed to be used.
@@matthewroberts8801 I admit I use inner lanes all the time and not the way you’re supposed too (in Spain you can barely use them anyway which is stupid). But I never cut people off. If there’s someone in the outer lane I make a U-turn and exit it properly. I use the inner lane incorrectly when I know I can get away with it. It really is not that hard to drive decently with a bit of common sense but some people seem to struggle a lot.
I'm more confused as to why most of them are approaching it on the left side? That has nothing to do with there being a roundabout there, that's just no knowledge of how a road works. 😆
Here in the UK (and most of Europe, I believe) we have bollards on the entrances to roads' central reservations with arrows like this ↙ (I've configured it for EU & US roads - it points the other way in the UK of course) to remind drivers which side of the road they should be driving on, and we have 'NO ENTRY' signs like this ⛔ on the other side of roads' central reservations to remind us we should NOT be driving on it! In addtion to this, we have chevrons on the perimeter of the roundabout itself that point in the direction that we should be driving around it. Perhaps if local and/or state governments invested in appropriate signage on roundabouts and their approaches, Americans would be less confused about how to negotiate them! *_R_* 😎
I thought this had to be England or Australia or something by the sheer number of cars driving on the left... took me a moment to realise it's actually not 🤦
i'd take stop signs and 4 ways any day, and i'm from the uk. i absolutely hate roundabouts especially the ones with billion lanes with poor road markings.
Been in the us for 19 years and have never seen anything like this happen. I wonder if this roundabout is in the process of being built but signs are not up yet and its not clear to the drivers
@@HakureiReimuOfficialIt gets confusing when there is more traffic in roundabouts because many don't yield when they are supposed to or just seem not to know how to use them.
Amazing! they put those huge red separators I had never seen in my life but still... the guys manage to get on the wrong side of the road!!! they were lucky that during the video no one used the roundabout properly or they would have had trouble.
Americans can’t make decisions they need to be told when to go and when to stop when driving why they love traffic lights 🚦 nice and simple for simple minded drivers who are incapable of thinking for themselves
I mean, we do have roundabouts in many places in the US and they're utilized just fine. Carmel Indiana has 138 of them as an initiative to replace traffic lights. As for the video, it does not look like there's proper signage and it looks like fresh construction of the roundabout. People who have not used them before sure will be confused, but that can be solved with simple signage which I'm sure you guys in the UK also have.
@@Skellitor301_VA You're really gonna blame no signage for people driving in the wrong lane? Now, I know this is a set up video.. But seriously? You're gonna blame no signage on people driving in the wrong lane on the road?
@@h06anbjo I blamed people who aren't used to a change line this, and having no visible direction on how to approach it. There's a second sentence there after the one you took issue with that followed up with that thought, expanding on why this could happen and is part of the context to the sentence prior. So please don't take what I say out of context. There's no road markings, no signage, fresh construction, makes the situation easy for someone who was not used to that being there or having used a roundabout to be confused on what to do. I know how to use a roundabout, as to many americans, but still driving into something new isn't as simple in the moment than it is looking at it from an outside perspective. On top of paying attention to your driving as well as other drivers, not having visible direction in a new situation makes driving and decision making difficult.
@@Skellitor301_VA there´s no sign like don´t turn left or don´t use the left lane at the european roundaboud. Usually there´s just give way or stop,at some cases.
It depends on where the roundabout is. If it is a drive on the left country (such as UK, Ireland, or South Africa), the drivers going clockwise are doing it right. But if the roundabout was the USA (or other country where one drives on the right), the small number of drivers going counter clockwise are correct. Contrary to belief, the USA DOES HAVE SOME ROUNDABOUTS.
America must be the most optimistic driving nation with a go ho attitude to safety and can't be taught how to handle a roundabout in there highway code judging by this, makes good viewing as a bystander but must be terrifying to drive on there road system.
As a U.S. citizen myself, I cringe at this lol! I'm not claiming to be perfect myself by any means. Roundabouts still aren't really thing where I specifically live (not yet anyway), so while I do the best I can whenever I do have to drive through one while traveling, I'm still not entirely used to them lol.
I saw one of these but two lane and to see drivers cutting each other up is ridiculous just to take the exit. I think Americans should look at the DVLA and highway code about roundabouts then apply that but going counter clockwise, this way those roundabouts can be employed properly with all the right markings, it teaches correct ways to exit. They are not that hard to be honest, but I am British so...seriously though, read the Highway Code and look at proper DVLA books to get an idea and it really is easier than you think. Glad I won't be going there, no offence, but if I did? and came to one of these? I'd be holding free roundabout driving lessons for everyone there and then on how to use them and the many variations there are.
This can't be a british roundabout. It's missing traffic lights, an unusual amount of exits, bridges over the entire thing or anything else I might not have come across in the week I was in the UK.
You usually get a circular "bridge traffic light roundabout" to connect the exits of motorways to another road across - usually a more minor road, so your motorway doesn't end up punctuated by a mandatory roundabout. I suppose you could do a motorway bridging another with a roundabout bridging the lot of them with entrances and exits to and from both motorways, but I haven't seen this 2 level bridge roundabout in all my travels. Gravely Hill Interchange "spaghetti junction" Birmingham has multi level bridges though. The motorway continues under the bridges, or you can exit, change your mind and get back on the motorway in the same direction, go around a complete U to get back on the motorway in the opposite direction, or take exits to whichever A and B roads you need on your left and right.
There are plenty of roundabouts in the USA. I've only seen this happen when there are new drivers involved and most roads/intersections prove difficult. Still, very funny video lol
Lots is a stretch.... 4000 roundabouts throughout the whole country vs 30 000 in France and 25 000 in the UK. You might live where there are more, but most don't even need to try one before getting their license
@@Solid_Fuel Young people in the US don't understand roundabouts, but the older generation knows exactly how they work regardless of how many they see on a daily basis. It's funny I watched the video that you are referencing and most people who don't like roundabouts are young entitled Millennials.
To be fair to these particular drivers, there are ZERO road markings which is a nightmare. Also I'd like to know if there were any road signs on the approach
there's a whole-ass roundabout and a divider right in the middle of the road... all they have to do is LITERALLY not drive on the wrong side of the road and they can't even manage that...
@@nigelbenn4642 staying in the right lane and turning right is literally the only option that makes any sense whatsoever but I understand you can't fix dumb in bread kentuckies
I hate roundabouts in Uk. Busy, overcrowded and too big roundabout. I hv passed my test and i aint any bad dr7ver bit roundabout in Uk are shit and not my cuppa tea. My families lives in usa and most of them doesnt know what roundabout is/ are. Only some of male truck or lorry drivers knows. I have been in Norway and it is as bad as it is in Uk. I am just getting ready in a yaer or 2 to finally move to Norway where u finally feel u live in europe. D4ivers are so patience and with so much care and roads arents busy and big shitty roundabout ad in uk. U drive 5 min and then there is a roundabout and then 15 min and again roundabout. Americans are lucky for not dealing with roundabouts. As my families says that america hasnt got many roundabouts due to big roads while in Uk every roads and parking is like a cage with narrow roads. Last thing i want to mention about uk roads work every single day and this road closed and that road closed. Hell with it. Americans are lucky to be american and living in america❤
Ok, I know you all drive on the right, so your roundabouts should be counterclockwise. But why are vehicles driving on both the left and right? That one road is the only one where cars meet the roundabout, so is that a one-way street? If so, why does the road merge in both directions? No one should be turning left onto the roundabout and no one should be using that road as an exit, because it’s one-way. They’ve tried to make it all neat and symmetrical, without making it practical. Do Americans have the same problem if all the roads are two-way?
There are still stop signs at each entrance, and road workers walking around, look closely. This roundabout is still under construction at the time of this video and is very misleading. It's not a "real roundabout" yet, but drivers are still allowed on it. When roundabouts are finished construction, americans have no trouble navigating them the right way around, especially since we don't have *stop signs* at the entrances and feature yield signs like every other country.
Or come to a complete stop because someone is 270° from the entrance your at but you think it's somehow safer to come to a dead stop in the middle of the road where any competent driver would expect traffic to continue at speed.
@@Melanie16040 nah just a really tight roundabout and a few cars flipped. Do you know the correct way to do roundabouts, not the fuck other people's safety go
I hear rumors... but holy **** was i not prepared to witness this cluster**** Word of advice: don't drink while watching this video i'm gonna need a new keyboard...
Ok, why is the traffic coming in from both sides of the road? That's not how roundabouts work! Having roundabouts on one-way streets is a fucking disastrous idea. So taking that into consideration, I think all the drivers navigated that non-roundabout pretty well.
I mean I get the point of the video. But I'd say this is a bit staged, isn't it? So many cars (arriving from just one direction) at once all doing some crazy stuff and then suddenly (towards the end of the video) no traffic at all...
Roundabouts are *FAR BETTER* than America intersections or traffic circles. Traffic Circles are kinda *CLUMSY* versions of roundabouts, built by someone who didn't understand how roundabouts worked. You give way (yield) to traffic already on the roundabout; then *YOU CHOOSE* when to slot in, when you feel it's a safe time to do so. *ROUNDABOUTS* are far far *SAFER* and far more *EFFICIENT* than intersections or "traffic circles"; because you don't spend time sitting at red lights. You slot yourself into the roundabout, when you see space; then you simply ride around and exit in YOUR DIRECTION. There are *NO LIGHTS* or *PAUSES* apart from a moment to choose where to "slot in". *BUT YOU MUST ALL GO ROUND THE RIGHT WAY* The nonsense in this video is a DISASTER that WILL kill someone.
@@UmeshKumar-um7ze Why? Only the stupidest kind of person would want to walk OVER the roundabout. Is that what you're talking about? Is it too difficult, to walk AROUND the round about? Do you find it difficult to cross roads? The roads in and out will also be LESS JAMMED UP with heavy traffic sitting at lights.
>You give way (yield) to traffic already on the roundabout Only if there is a traffic light or a sign telling you to do so. Without any signs the driver outside the roundabout is to the right of those inside the roundabout and has right of way. However most roundabouts do have a STOP sign or an upside down triangle for those attempting to enter it.
@@johnkalyvas4838 Absolutely wrong. The method you suggested causes congestion on the roundabout. The yield signs are because Americans don't understand how to use roundabouts, as your comment exemplifies, so they need to be walked through each stage. Unless you're in a weird place such as Paris (the rest of France is different from Paris), you always give way (yield) to the traffic on the roundabout.
As a European who deals with roundabouts everyday... I'd probs be confused as hell, people come driving on both lanes so am assuming that's one way, then, how tf is anyone expected to take that? is it like one way road in, 3 out split? is it 1 one way 2 lane road coming into a roundabout where the rest are 2 way roads? should have made it 1 lane then merge into the roundabout then instead of having the 2nd lane look like a roundabout exit for a 2 way, unless it's just a normal roundabout and people coming in are driving in the opposite lane for the sake of doing so, which makes even less sense
@@katlandrie841 Haha yeah, but for someone taking roundabouts each day it is even more crazy to see people already sorting to the wrong lane of the opposite direction in order to take it. I do think this particular roundabout would be improved with some markings on the ground and a directional sign.
Most literally can’t shift. 99% of cars sold in America have automated transmission. It’s so ironic that in the most car-dominated country in the world the absolute majority of people can’t drive, having to resort to assists even with as basic things as changing gears.
As an American I actually like roundabouts. I remember everyone whining about them when they were first being introduced, but it seems like their finally getting used to it... ten years later.
This video title is extremely misleading. The roundabout is clearly under construction and the roundabout traffic signs aren't up yet; you can see STOP signs instead. Also visible are roadworks crew in high-visibility reflective vests directing traffic. (Notably, they are NOT stopping people from going the "wrong way"). This is an incomplete roundabout and it's unfair to say the drivers are stupid. Complete roundabouts have yield signs and some even have informational graphics telling you how to use them. I'm very certain that if you visit this place today nobody will be using it wrong.
I live in the south and we have roundabouts everywhere. Have for a very long time, we are also taught about them in our drivers education classes. I have never personally witnessed anyone having a difficult time with a round about here or anywhere else, I can agree with the construction confusion it just doesn’t make sense.
love the one that didn't even need to turn but just decided to drive on the left side of the road anyway
he misses colonial times
As an European that immigrated to the US many, many years ago I witnessed roundabouts being introduced. I must say I changed that way I approach the roundabouts now. You never know what you will find
I drove in america once... i was told to drive as though no one else has a liscense
@@EvilBrit89 😄😄😄Correct!
They're all peer pressuring themselves into the wrong lane like a bunch of mind erased sheep 😂😂😂😂😂
Not mindless. What you see is are people driving in a manner that has a carry-over pattern to how US roads have been set up forever. Roundabouts are an answer looking for a problem. If they're the norm in an area, great, the Roundabouts need to be in the system if nothing more than familiarity. Otherwise, they're not complicated but just different enough to be different for no real benefit. It won't stop unsafe drivers.
@@Resistculturaldecline 1. the benefit is that the flow of traffic doesn't get disrupted, i don't know why i even need to explain this 2. I don't see the coherence in your sentences but what do I know, i'm german
@@nesletchimaew9209 Okay
@@Resistculturaldecline It DOES stop dangerous drivers because everyone is forced to slow down
Straight roads doesn't make good drivers.
The one truck that used the left turn correctly, at the end. Earned my respect
It wasn't the only one, the one at 0:06 also did.
What connects both is that they had trucks to haul something (one early had a big box, the one at the end was loaded).
As as n Englishman I'm laughing my arse off 😂😂😂😂😂
Wait till they see traffic lights on the roundabout
I’m an American taking a road trip through Ireland in a couple months, I’m terrified.
@@RazPerignon You’ll be good. Just remember to look to your right as you enter (the other way than you’re used to) if nothing is coming or you have time to pull out, then you’re fine. If there is more than one lane going around, try to stay in your lane. Drivers drifting across lanes can be a pain. Enjoy your trip.
As an Asian, same
@@RazPerignon Whenever I have to drive abroad, I pull to the side of the road before the first major junction I encounter (after picking up the hire car) and watch how the locals negotiate it. Saves a lot of stress
Music suits this video 😂
This... explains a lot of things that i have always wondered about America...
Just hilarious, we drive on the left in the UK so it took me a second to realise that all the people on the left were even in the wrong lane to start off.
This is absolute chaos! What the hell are they doing?
It doesn't make any sense. Even if they don't know how to use a roundabout, how can they forget which side of the road they drive on? Why were so many of them driving on the left?
Probably some British drivers as they tend to drive on the left /jk
Some people are just very stupid I guess
If I were in America I would probably get 20 licenses how easy it is 😂😂
Every European would
@@hugoaberg1168 Fr it is insane to me. I'm German and currently in the process of getting my license and honestly I'm not even that confident in everything yet but that would easily be enough to get a license in the USA xd
Which shows you have absolutely 0 fucking idea how it works to get a license here. Which makes sense as Europeans only look at the bad in America, right nazi boy
@@TotallyStonedBi Bro getting a license in the US is so much easier then in most European Countrys.
I love the US but literally anyone could get a license there it's so insanely easy that most drivers don't even know how a freaking roundabout works which is literally the easiest way to have an intersection set up but you can't even wrap your head around that
@@user-bt8xr5si9y it's almost like they don't know how to use them because there is 100 in the whole country
Tfw americans thought they were british so they drove left lane
They be like lemmings, they all followed the lead driver.
I’ve seen people use roundabouts like shit in Spain. Not yielding to vehicles inside the roundabout, using inner lanes to exit it, etc. But this is next level insanity. People are driving against traffic which is so dangerous.
When i rented a car in Spain (the Canaries), the rental company told me to ignore the inside lane. I'm glad she told me. I'd have probably had an accident if i'd have used it how it was designed to be used.
@@matthewroberts8801 I admit I use inner lanes all the time and not the way you’re supposed too (in Spain you can barely use them anyway which is stupid). But I never cut people off. If there’s someone in the outer lane I make a U-turn and exit it properly. I use the inner lane incorrectly when I know I can get away with it. It really is not that hard to drive decently with a bit of common sense but some people seem to struggle a lot.
I'm more confused as to why most of them are approaching it on the left side?
That has nothing to do with there being a roundabout there, that's just no knowledge of how a road works. 😆
Bandwagon effect. Amplifies.
They are used to mutiple lanes, on for turning left, one to go straight and one to turne right lol
@@kyzer97320 But then they should question themself on where oncoming traffic has to go
They all went on the wrong side of the road after leaving the roundabout!
@@stokbrood you might be asking too much of the average US driver...
Here in the UK (and most of Europe, I believe) we have bollards on the entrances to roads' central reservations with arrows like this ↙ (I've configured it for EU & US roads - it points the other way in the UK of course) to remind drivers which side of the road they should be driving on, and we have 'NO ENTRY' signs like this ⛔ on the other side of roads' central reservations to remind us we should NOT be driving on it! In addtion to this, we have chevrons on the perimeter of the roundabout itself that point in the direction that we should be driving around it.
Perhaps if local and/or state governments invested in appropriate signage on roundabouts and their approaches, Americans would be less confused about how to negotiate them!
*_R_* 😎
they just using the roundabouts however they want, whatever direction and whenever they please
Still safer than traffic lights. Look at how these drivers take it nice and slow
Absolutely chaos but done somewhat safely 🤣
I can't believe my eyes. Musis is absolutely on point with what i can see
I thought this had to be England or Australia or something by the sheer number of cars driving on the left... took me a moment to realise it's actually not 🤦
Idk how people can't drive through roundabouts. There's signs posted bout what way to go and lane markings for left & right turns and yield signs
i'd take stop signs and 4 ways any day, and i'm from the uk. i absolutely hate roundabouts especially the ones with billion lanes with poor road markings.
I only saw one proper left turn
It makes them drive on the 'correct' side of the road, proving the logic.
Either that or its americans not being very clever.
Sometimes, when I feel stupid for something, i watch this video.
It's missing signage, usually at the dividing islands you have an arrow sign that shows you that you are suppose to stay right of the median.
Hi Stannis, could I use your video in a compilation? Tks a lot.
Been in the us for 19 years and have never seen anything like this happen. I wonder if this roundabout is in the process of being built but signs are not up yet and its not clear to the drivers
There is a round about fairly close to where I live. I’ve never seen things like this before. Is this near a high school?
land of freedom after all :D
As an American I went here to laugh at my own people but then I realized that I don’t even know how a roundabout works😭😭😭
Its like this
You go around it. Turn right at your exit. That is all.
It is not rocket science.
@@HakureiReimuOfficialIt gets confusing when there is more traffic in roundabouts because many don't yield when they are supposed to or just seem not to know how to use them.
nah... where is this? i wonder if it is still happening
Amazing! they put those huge red separators I had never seen in my life but still... the guys manage to get on the wrong side of the road!!! they were lucky that during the video no one used the roundabout properly or they would have had trouble.
Americans can’t make decisions they need to be told when to go and when to stop when driving why they love traffic lights 🚦 nice and simple for simple minded drivers who are incapable of thinking for themselves
I mean, we do have roundabouts in many places in the US and they're utilized just fine. Carmel Indiana has 138 of them as an initiative to replace traffic lights. As for the video, it does not look like there's proper signage and it looks like fresh construction of the roundabout. People who have not used them before sure will be confused, but that can be solved with simple signage which I'm sure you guys in the UK also have.
@@Skellitor301_VA You're really gonna blame no signage for people driving in the wrong lane?
Now, I know this is a set up video.. But seriously? You're gonna blame no signage on people driving in the wrong lane on the road?
@@h06anbjo I blamed people who aren't used to a change line this, and having no visible direction on how to approach it. There's a second sentence there after the one you took issue with that followed up with that thought, expanding on why this could happen and is part of the context to the sentence prior. So please don't take what I say out of context. There's no road markings, no signage, fresh construction, makes the situation easy for someone who was not used to that being there or having used a roundabout to be confused on what to do.
I know how to use a roundabout, as to many americans, but still driving into something new isn't as simple in the moment than it is looking at it from an outside perspective. On top of paying attention to your driving as well as other drivers, not having visible direction in a new situation makes driving and decision making difficult.
America is better than England, stay jealous
@@Skellitor301_VA there´s no sign like don´t turn left or don´t use the left lane at the european roundaboud. Usually there´s just give way or stop,at some cases.
4 a second i was thinking is this in the uk
theyre neither rounding or abouting
It depends on where the roundabout is. If it is a drive on the left country (such as UK, Ireland, or South Africa), the drivers going clockwise are doing it right. But if the roundabout was the USA (or other country where one drives on the right), the small number of drivers going counter clockwise are correct. Contrary to belief, the USA DOES HAVE SOME ROUNDABOUTS.
HELP 💀
America must be the most optimistic driving nation with a go ho attitude to safety and can't be taught how to handle a roundabout in there highway code judging by this, makes good viewing as a bystander but must be terrifying to drive on there road system.
What is most hillarous is a fact that americans invented it
As a U.S. citizen myself, I cringe at this lol! I'm not claiming to be perfect myself by any means. Roundabouts still aren't really thing where I specifically live (not yet anyway), so while I do the best I can whenever I do have to drive through one while traveling, I'm still not entirely used to them lol.
As an American who can use a roundabout this tickles my brain
Try the magic roundabout swindon uk 😩
Did they also forget which side of the road to drive on?
it took me so long to realise that they were driving on the wrong side, being from Australia
0:31 everyone just goes eitherside hahaha im LOL sooo bad.. how can it be so hard...
It's a design flaw. It's a roundabout on a one way street, who could navigate that properly?
Bless them
Why so many of them were driving on the left? I'm pretty sure they drive on the right side of the road in the US. I don't get it
I saw one of these but two lane and to see drivers cutting each other up is ridiculous just to take the exit. I think Americans should look at the DVLA and highway code about roundabouts then apply that but going counter clockwise, this way those roundabouts can be employed properly with all the right markings, it teaches correct ways to exit. They are not that hard to be honest, but I am British so...seriously though, read the Highway Code and look at proper DVLA books to get an idea and it really is easier than you think.
Glad I won't be going there, no offence, but if I did? and came to one of these? I'd be holding free roundabout driving lessons for everyone there and then on how to use them and the many variations there are.
1: Location of this?
2: Was construction even finished? There's no lane markings or signage.
why they made roundabouts like this where you can approach it from left side?
you are supposed to stay in your lane, do you drive in the wrong side on the highway too ?
Education 👍
Tbf the road should have lines painted and signage
Wow, first world country in action.
How do so many people make it onto the wrong side of the road.
0:07 truck make left turn correct
This can't be a british roundabout. It's missing traffic lights, an unusual amount of exits, bridges over the entire thing or anything else I might not have come across in the week I was in the UK.
Traffic lights at a roundabout kind of defeat the point of a roundabout, no?
You usually get a circular "bridge traffic light roundabout" to connect the exits of motorways to another road across - usually a more minor road, so your motorway doesn't end up punctuated by a mandatory roundabout. I suppose you could do a motorway bridging another with a roundabout bridging the lot of them with entrances and exits to and from both motorways, but I haven't seen this 2 level bridge roundabout in all my travels. Gravely Hill Interchange "spaghetti junction" Birmingham has multi level bridges though. The motorway continues under the bridges, or you can exit, change your mind and get back on the motorway in the same direction, go around a complete U to get back on the motorway in the opposite direction, or take exits to whichever A and B roads you need on your left and right.
There are plenty of roundabouts in the USA. I've only seen this happen when there are new drivers involved and most roads/intersections prove difficult. Still, very funny video lol
Lots is a stretch....
4000 roundabouts throughout the whole country vs 30 000 in France and 25 000 in the UK.
You might live where there are more, but most don't even need to try one before getting their license
@@Solid_Fuel Young people in the US don't understand roundabouts, but the older generation knows exactly how they work regardless of how many they see on a daily basis. It's funny I watched the video that you are referencing and most people who don't like roundabouts are young entitled Millennials.
As a British person, this sends me into a rage. Don't you people have driving schools?
I am so confused which lanes they suppose to drive on as an Australian. Either that was some horrible driving
tbf it ain't a roundabout if there aren't any roundabout signs
still not correct to drive on the wrong side of the road?
@@timwiesler6365 i see 4 2-way roads
@@mijkolsmith And most people drove on the wrong side of the road
@@timwiesler6365 you're right there
Confirmed it's the US because of the Dollar General. Lol. Yeah, people lose their shit and just follow others who have also lost their shit.
Love it! Haha Americans
Kentucky would be one of America’s undereducated areas. More bars than libraries or schools in a 25 miles radius. Good old folk and dangerous too.
@@dustin2dust351 I live in Kentucky
Don't worry America plenty of countries have roundabouts and people don't know how to use them
The truck wouldn't make the left turn if he followed the rules. The rest of cars behind him are driven by 🐑🐏
i had to laugh LOL
To be fair to these particular drivers, there are ZERO road markings which is a nightmare. Also I'd like to know if there were any road signs on the approach
To be fair roundabouts are the most easiest to navigate.
there's a whole-ass roundabout and a divider right in the middle of the road... all they have to do is LITERALLY not drive on the wrong side of the road and they can't even manage that...
My god it's a roundabout what is there not to understand about that 😂
@@nesletchimaew9209 If you don't know which lane is straight on and which is left or right it's a LOT to misunderstand.
@@nigelbenn4642 staying in the right lane and turning right is literally the only option that makes any sense whatsoever but I understand you can't fix dumb in bread kentuckies
To be fair thats a shiet roundabout
Even us canadian this is easy for us
Oh americans 🤣
Hate roundsbouts because of this.
I hate roundabouts in Uk. Busy, overcrowded and too big roundabout. I hv passed my test and i aint any bad dr7ver bit roundabout in Uk are shit and not my cuppa tea. My families lives in usa and most of them doesnt know what roundabout is/ are. Only some of male truck or lorry drivers knows. I have been in Norway and it is as bad as it is in Uk. I am just getting ready in a yaer or 2 to finally move to Norway where u finally feel u live in europe. D4ivers are so patience and with so much care and roads arents busy and big shitty roundabout ad in uk. U drive 5 min and then there is a roundabout and then 15 min and again roundabout. Americans are lucky for not dealing with roundabouts. As my families says that america hasnt got many roundabouts due to big roads while in Uk every roads and parking is like a cage with narrow roads. Last thing i want to mention about uk roads work every single day and this road closed and that road closed. Hell with it. Americans are lucky to be american and living in america❤
They are putting up roundabouts in every state now. Many people here don't use them well.
Murica....
this is hurting me
Ok, I know you all drive on the right, so your roundabouts should be counterclockwise. But why are vehicles driving on both the left and right? That one road is the only one where cars meet the roundabout, so is that a one-way street? If so, why does the road merge in both directions? No one should be turning left onto the roundabout and no one should be using that road as an exit, because it’s one-way. They’ve tried to make it all neat and symmetrical, without making it practical. Do Americans have the same problem if all the roads are two-way?
I'm American and this video has made me confused
There are still stop signs at each entrance, and road workers walking around, look closely. This roundabout is still under construction at the time of this video and is very misleading. It's not a "real roundabout" yet, but drivers are still allowed on it. When roundabouts are finished construction, americans have no trouble navigating them the right way around, especially since we don't have *stop signs* at the entrances and feature yield signs like every other country.
I think this video is satire
faceplams in European
Dude... is this real???
For fucks sakes
Seems right, at our stop they don't understand the yield and go 30mph towards the people in the roundabout
Same layout
Or come to a complete stop because someone is 270° from the entrance your at but you think it's somehow safer to come to a dead stop in the middle of the road where any competent driver would expect traffic to continue at speed.
@@Melanie16040 nah just a really tight roundabout and a few cars flipped. Do you know the correct way to do roundabouts, not the fuck other people's safety go
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I hear rumors...
but holy **** was i not prepared to witness this cluster****
Word of advice: don't drink while watching this video
i'm gonna need a new keyboard...
Ok, why is the traffic coming in from both sides of the road? That's not how roundabouts work! Having roundabouts on one-way streets is a fucking disastrous idea. So taking that into consideration, I think all the drivers navigated that non-roundabout pretty well.
How is this hard to understand
Wait? One way street. This is more due to this particular roundabout being poorly designed.
Exactly what I said. I don't see how any driver could navigate this correctly. That's not how real roundabouts were designed.
@@lashinka2574 none of the streets in the video are one-way...
I think the video is satire
This is an awful roundabout design.
That's what I said. It's a design issue. They shouldn't have been able to do what they did if it was designed right.
I second this
Well an american designed it, what did you expect
@@ImProbablyFine. this
This is so painful to watch
I doubt this is in the US.
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this video was made to say what NOT to do, bro why
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I mean I get the point of the video. But I'd say this is a bit staged, isn't it? So many cars (arriving from just one direction) at once all doing some crazy stuff and then suddenly (towards the end of the video) no traffic at all...
paid actors? 🤔
They just follow the first dumb driver that’s what it is
seeth
a lot of ppl follow what others ppl do, in everything. Fact from life haha
@@joannahelena7901 this ^^^
Lol Americans
It’s Kentucky. Why are people acting like they’re surprised?
Roundabouts are *FAR BETTER* than America intersections or traffic circles.
Traffic Circles are kinda *CLUMSY* versions of roundabouts, built by someone who didn't understand how roundabouts worked.
You give way (yield) to traffic already on the roundabout; then *YOU CHOOSE* when to slot in, when you feel it's a safe time to do so.
*ROUNDABOUTS* are far far *SAFER* and far more *EFFICIENT* than intersections or "traffic circles"; because you don't spend time sitting at red lights.
You slot yourself into the roundabout, when you see space; then you simply ride around and exit in YOUR DIRECTION.
There are *NO LIGHTS* or *PAUSES* apart from a moment to choose where to "slot in".
*BUT YOU MUST ALL GO ROUND THE RIGHT WAY*
The nonsense in this video is a DISASTER that WILL kill someone.
Not if you're a pedestrian
@@UmeshKumar-um7ze Why? Only the stupidest kind of person would want to walk OVER the roundabout.
Is that what you're talking about?
Is it too difficult, to walk AROUND the round about?
Do you find it difficult to cross roads?
The roads in and out will also be LESS JAMMED UP with heavy traffic sitting at lights.
@@UmeshKumar-um7ze Fair point, they're awful for pedestrians.
>You give way (yield) to traffic already on the roundabout
Only if there is a traffic light or a sign telling you to do so. Without any signs the driver outside the roundabout is to the right of those inside the roundabout and has right of way. However most roundabouts do have a STOP sign or an upside down triangle for those attempting to enter it.
@@johnkalyvas4838 Absolutely wrong. The method you suggested causes congestion on the roundabout. The yield signs are because Americans don't understand how to use roundabouts, as your comment exemplifies, so they need to be walked through each stage. Unless you're in a weird place such as Paris (the rest of France is different from Paris), you always give way (yield) to the traffic on the roundabout.
As a European who deals with roundabouts everyday... I'd probs be confused as hell, people come driving on both lanes so am assuming that's one way, then, how tf is anyone expected to take that? is it like one way road in, 3 out split? is it 1 one way 2 lane road coming into a roundabout where the rest are 2 way roads? should have made it 1 lane then merge into the roundabout then instead of having the 2nd lane look like a roundabout exit for a 2 way, unless it's just a normal roundabout and people coming in are driving in the opposite lane for the sake of doing so, which makes even less sense
what are you talking about? it's a regular ass roundabout, people are just driving on the wrong side of the road in order to turn left faster
@@katlandrie841 Americans…
@@katlandrie841 Haha yeah, but for someone taking roundabouts each day it is even more crazy to see people already sorting to the wrong lane of the opposite direction in order to take it.
I do think this particular roundabout would be improved with some markings on the ground and a directional sign.
After having seen 'the American driver's license test', I'm suprised they know how to start their car, not so much turning their wheels.
Most literally can’t shift. 99% of cars sold in America have automated transmission.
It’s so ironic that in the most car-dominated country in the world the absolute majority of people can’t drive, having to resort to assists even with as basic things as changing gears.
Common US L
As an American I actually like roundabouts. I remember everyone whining about them when they were first being introduced, but it seems like their finally getting used to it... ten years later.
Skill issue
This video title is extremely misleading. The roundabout is clearly under construction and the roundabout traffic signs aren't up yet; you can see STOP signs instead. Also visible are roadworks crew in high-visibility reflective vests directing traffic. (Notably, they are NOT stopping people from going the "wrong way").
This is an incomplete roundabout and it's unfair to say the drivers are stupid. Complete roundabouts have yield signs and some even have informational graphics telling you how to use them.
I'm very certain that if you visit this place today nobody will be using it wrong.
americope
under construction or not this is stupid and most of them have a license for drive in a farm not in a city x')
It’s a simple concept, not for some though
I live in the south and we have roundabouts everywhere. Have for a very long time, we are also taught about them in our drivers education classes. I have never personally witnessed anyone having a difficult time with a round about here or anywhere else, I can agree with the construction confusion it just doesn’t make sense.
There's been a roundabout under construction in my city for like a month and everyone uses it perfectly with a few exceptions
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