• SoGrumpy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    362·
    6 days ago

    In about 1968, my dad drove round the roundabout in front of Buckingham Palace so us kids could get a better gander at the palace.

    We got pulled over by a Bobby on the third circuit, and I kid you not, his first question was ‘What’s going on here, then?’ We were told if we wanted a better look, we would have to park the car and walk - like everyone else. The answer to the question is 3.

    • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Wow, y’all have had roundabouts since the 60’s? I didn’t see any in the US until like 2010.

      And here I thought they were modern inventions

      • SoGrumpy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Funnily enough, the concept of a circular traffic junction - in a form similar to a roundabout today - was first introduced in Washington DC in the 1790s, including the Dupont Circle.

        So literally speaking, you septics invented the roundabout traffic circle.

  • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
    19·
    6 days ago

    My friend came to visit me in Boston. He’s a bit skittish and dramatic. He was driving and came upon a rotary. He kept repeating “what is this?” before we entered onto it. I was explaining to him that he literally just had to get out at the first exit so he didn’t even really need to get onto it, just turn right, but he just saw an opening and pulled in.

    Immediately he went to the center and just kept circling around it screaming. I was trying to calm him down, but I was laughing too hard. We had to have gone around 5 times before he got his shit together and just exited his first chance. I drove around the long way so he didn’t have to go in again. But the thought of getting pulled over did cross my mind.

  • calcopiritus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    5 days ago

    In Spain the answer is 3. It was a question in the driving test. Idk if it’s a europe-wide rule though.

    • efstajas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      I doubt it’d take long before they try to stop you on different grounds like impeding traffic or public nuisance or whatever

      • shneancy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        6 days ago

        then don’t go spinning in a city, pick a village or a small town and go wild, it’ll take them a while to notice and a longer while yet to bother stopping you, and chances are (with village police) they’d first sit down and watch for an hour or so. Adding it all up I’d say you’re looking at at least 8h of spinning. In the end you’ll just be told to stop since it’s 100% legal or you could pioneer a new law in Poland! exciting

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
        7·
        6 days ago

        If it’s a busy one, would anyone even notice? Most people just get in and get out without even making a full circle. I think you’d be virtually anonymous.

        Unless someone else was riding the same roundabout for fun. Then you could invent little games to play with them

      • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Said different grounds would most likely be a willful twisting of the “anti cruising” laws and ordinances in effect in many states and cities in the US.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      Well if you’re drifting like that you’d get dinged for reckless driving first anyway.

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    6 days ago

    Bullshit cruising or loitering ordinances that should have never been passed would probably be the excuse cops use in many areas

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
    English
    1025·
    6 days ago

    You could probably go 5 or 6 times before a policeman would say “Come on Mr Biden, sir. The White House is this way.”