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Skipping a roundabout.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...108#post138164
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...383#post135273
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...133#post134454
Now they will have to plant another tree.
Only next time plant a gum rubber tree for flexibility LOL
That boulder they sent flying certainly added to the hijinks!
And, placing large rocks in the middle of the road makes sense to whom?Quote:
Originally Posted by MIGuy
Anything hosted on amazonaws is worthless now that they've gutted the internet so that the corona virus lockdown doesn't gut the internet.
Can't see the gif but I assume that boulders placed in the middle of a roundabout (we call them circles here) are there to hopefully prevent head on collisions with other drivers by stupid drivers. Stupidity should hurt.
That reminds me of an incident on the A30 at Drum bridges roundabout along a straight road in my twentys. It was a favourite place for ton up bikers to meet and show off, one guy on a Triton got it wrong and went straight through a cheap panel fence that had been erected to make it more obvious that there was a roundabout just beyond the crest of a rise. He went through the fence at about 80 MPH and luckily only suffered cuts and bruises, he was more concerned about his bike than the blood dripping from his face.
Where the stupidity occurs is the problem. All well and good that new roads have roundabouts, but placing them in the middle of old roads without adequate safety warnings should be criminal, since many needless deaths have been the result.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crusty
Im intrigued that the subject of interest seems to be placement of the roundabout or rocks...not the speed that driver was maintaining on a small residential street. :)
It's discouraging to me that we've degenerated to the point that some feel that they have to be protected from their own inattention and carelessness.
The driver in the video was not paying attention to his driving and was traveling too fast for the existing conditions, which is the only criminality I see in that video.
I couldn't agree more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crusty
Even if the stupid garden in the middle of an intersection were not there, you don't go buzzing through residential intersections like that.
I'll bet the "touch-down" was not as smooth as the "lift-off" was! Something tells me alcohol was involved!Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
Something tells me the airbag likely deployed with that launch... and they're not cheap to replace. :rolleyes:
Odd roundabouts are considered dangerous.Roundabouts like roads are not dangerous in the slightest its only the halfwits that use /misuse them that are the danger
No but their design and placement can be hazardous to enter or exit. Constructing a round about at an intersection of 4 5 or 6 streets all terminating at the same place with one or 2 of them having multiple lanes of traffic is just plain lubricousQuote:
Originally Posted by Daturat100r
Seems like the 27 yo woman was pissed and was charged for driving under the influence.Think that answers the question about "dangerous road hazards"
You don't, and I don't, but...Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
I'd say evidence indicates we're not the only folks with an opinion on this subject. I just hope they were able to find the culprit and get it to pay for the damage. IMO, not bright enough to be a real person, therefore my chosen pronoun.