https://xkcd.com/2842

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Look, I just think we need to stop coddling those hedonistic roundabout hogs who get into the inner lane and circle for hours, wasting valuable capacity.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.world
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    1 年前

    It doesn’t really solve the problem of having a road junction - that’s still in the center and cars even come at worse angles than before- it just adds fluff around it.

    On the other hand, it would probably turn into a tourist attraction and unique experience.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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      1 年前

      You’re not supposed to ever get to the middle. It’s “technically navigable” because you can lane-shift your way out.

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      There’s also simply no way of getting out once you’re inside. It doesn’t work even if it was used by just one car.

      You’d have to drive the wrong way in a one-way street.

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        The joke is that you have to lane-shift to get out, the way you have to in most large roundabouts already.

        Something people not used to roundabouts seem afraid to do, hence this is a design that “doesn’t coddle them” because if they don’t lane-shift, they end up in the middle.