2nd time at what?
marriage?
ignoring the buy button?
clicking the Meh button?
making a haiku?
swiping right?
running for office?
creating a useless post?
finding a good porn site?
several of these?
@IndifferentDude@phendrick
UGH traffic circles! Going through a traffic circle is like having someone speak to me in a different language and expect me to understand! If someone isn’t in front of me leading the way I could be totally lost in a traffic circle!
@IndifferentDude I’ve driven where roundabouts go left and where they go right. Properly executed, they are generally a good thing. The one at the intersection of Montrose and Main here in Houston in the Museum District sucks, because they chose exactly the wrong place to use one.
@IndifferentDude@werehatrack My biggest complaint with roundabouts is when they build it up in the middle so much that I can’t see if there’s any traffic coming until their zinging around it trying to destroy me.
I like to see the traffic I’m interacting with. I want to see over the the circle to have a guess at how many vehicles might be coming my way, and how fast they’re going.
Amongst my other complaints with roundabouts is that they make it extremely hard to tell if the oncoming traffic is going to turn before they pass me (making it safe for me to enter), or if they’ll be driving in front of me.
I don’t think it’s possible for turn signals to have any meaning there.
But I like that they’re probably more efficient than a 4-way stop. And supposedly they reduce fatalities (even though they increase the total number of accidents, they tend to be less severe).
In the UK, pedestrians absolutely have the right of way in crosswalks (zebra crossings), and it is strictly enforced. It’s kind of magical to be standing at the curb of a zebra crossing, watching the traffic whiz past, and then put one foot (or even toe) onto the crossing and watch all traffic STOP instantly.
Though with large, multi-lane roundabouts there are usually pedestrian walkways that go under the roads.
@blaineg@IndifferentDude@Lynnerizer@phendrick Swindon’s Magic Roundabout looks like the English equivalent of 11foot8, the “Can Opener Bridge” in Raleigh, NC, whose principle purpose as a traffic thoroughfare seemed to be removing the roofs of trucks driven by the unwary or inattentive. What I see in Swindon is nae so much a roundabout as a trap that one gets pulled into and ends up having to just take whatever escape route presents itself.
At what
2nd time at what?
marriage?
ignoring the buy button?
clicking the Meh button?
making a haiku?
swiping right?
running for office?
creating a useless post?
finding a good porn site?
several of these?
Sm-Irking!
Third time a trapezoid?
Fourth time a parallelogram?
A fifth of pentagram
@Cerridwyn Or a fifth of tequila?
@xobzoo hehe, no, scotch, single malt, at least 18 years old
R U stuck in a Traffic Circle (Roundabout)??
/giphy roundabout
@IndifferentDude I have seen traffic circles where cars interior had to yield to incoming vehicles. I don’t understand why those don’t fill up.
@IndifferentDude @phendrick
traffic circles! Going through a traffic circle is like having someone speak to me in a different language and expect me to understand! If someone isn’t in front of me leading the way I could be totally lost in a traffic circle! 
UGH
@IndifferentDude I’ve driven where roundabouts go left and where they go right. Properly executed, they are generally a good thing. The one at the intersection of Montrose and Main here in Houston in the Museum District sucks, because they chose exactly the wrong place to use one.
@IndifferentDude @werehatrack My biggest complaint with roundabouts is when they build it up in the middle so much that I can’t see if there’s any traffic coming until their zinging around it trying to destroy me.
I like to see the traffic I’m interacting with. I want to see over the the circle to have a guess at how many vehicles might be coming my way, and how fast they’re going.
Amongst my other complaints with roundabouts is that they make it extremely hard to tell if the oncoming traffic is going to turn before they pass me (making it safe for me to enter), or if they’ll be driving in front of me.
I don’t think it’s possible for turn signals to have any meaning there.
But I like that they’re probably more efficient than a 4-way stop. And supposedly they reduce fatalities (even though they increase the total number of accidents, they tend to be less severe).
@IndifferentDude @Lynnerizer @phendrick
May I introduce you to the ultimate roundabout? Swindon’s Magic Roundabout. 5 little roundabouts surrounding a large one.
@blaineg @Lynnerizer @phendrick WHOA!!
I feel bad for the pedestrians; they must feel like they’re in a real-life game of FROGGER!! 
/image frogger
@IndifferentDude @Lynnerizer @phendrick
In the UK, pedestrians absolutely have the right of way in crosswalks (zebra crossings), and it is strictly enforced. It’s kind of magical to be standing at the curb of a zebra crossing, watching the traffic whiz past, and then put one foot (or even toe) onto the crossing and watch all traffic STOP instantly.
Though with large, multi-lane roundabouts there are usually pedestrian walkways that go under the roads.
@blaineg @IndifferentDude @Lynnerizer Assuming that alcohol and cell phones are anathema to both the drivers and pedestrians?
@blaineg @IndifferentDude @Lynnerizer @phendrick Swindon’s Magic Roundabout looks like the English equivalent of 11foot8, the “Can Opener Bridge” in Raleigh, NC, whose principle purpose as a traffic thoroughfare seemed to be removing the roofs of trucks driven by the unwary or inattentive. What I see in Swindon is nae so much a roundabout as a trap that one gets pulled into and ends up having to just take whatever escape route presents itself.
@IndifferentDude @Lynnerizer @phendrick @werehatrack Just to make things more fun, note that the inner roundabout runs in the opposite direction, so even the English stand no chance.