I hate roundabouts -- but maybe I am wrong
Roundabouts are spreading across the country -- I find them infuriating and unsafe (when I am towing a trailer). And yet the experts say they are much safer than ordinary intersections. Check out th...
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They've been in Europe for a long, long time. People learn to negotiate them properly, and there are very few problems. Seems like many Americans would rather complain about them than to learn to use them efficiently and safely.
Now, on the other hand, you just don't see unnecessarily huge trucks in Europe, or RV combos that are 70 feet long, but they're all very commonplace in the US. Therein lies the rub. When it comes to the newer, gigantic trucks in the US, people have a hard time putting them between the lines at the grocery store -- let alone negotiating a roundabout.
There's a learning curve, And for a lot of Americans it seems to be a looong slooooow curve.
Happy travels.
Now, on the other hand, you just don't see unnecessarily huge trucks in Europe, or RV combos that are 70 feet long, but they're all very commonplace in the US. Therein lies the rub. When it comes to the newer, gigantic trucks in the US, people have a hard time putting them between the lines at the grocery store -- let alone negotiating a roundabout.
There's a learning curve, And for a lot of Americans it seems to be a looong slooooow curve.
Happy travels.
