I would like to talk about Roundabouts today. Those little circles strategically placed along your route to not only confuse you but to get you cut off by at least one bag of douche who is of course in none other than a giant Suburban. My question is why? I'm all for energy conservation and I'm all for less traffic congestion but at a certain point it's not worth it to save the damn energy it takes to run a stop light and the traffic gets even more fucked up because nobody understands how to use the damn thing.
My time in Oregon was riddled with roundabouts and they were easy carefree enjoyable little circles meant to put a smile on your face. My experience with roundabouts in Michigan...they are the devils work. He was sitting there one day and thought "How can I really fuck things up for the dumbfucks of MI...Roundabouts!" So then he made the roundabouts, right next to a hospital and a very busy road no less, and inserted said bag of douche in the giant car. Then he sat back to admire his handiwork and all was well in hell.
The problems with the roundabouts here are simple...they are two lanes! This is a problem for people who don't read signs and do not know how to operate a motor vehicle properly. Combined it's just a cluster fuck of cars and fucktards driving cars. One lane roundabouts are simple, just go when there's a space. Two lanes...now you really have to think about where you are intending on getting into the circle and where your exit is and once you get in the circle how do you get out. You had to get into the inside lane but now you need on the outside where other people are coming in and trying to get on the inside because they don't need out. Basically it was just a design flaw that has now created a ten minute time period everyday for me to be completely pissed off at the idiots that are allowed to drive.
So in conclusion, potholes are completely ridiculous and could be filled within only a couple of minutes. Why not just do it and stop fucking up my car!?
This makes me think of when the Griswalds went to Europe. Clark took them to see Big Ben and there happened to be, like, a 4 lane roundabout which they ended up getting stuck in for hours.
ReplyDeleteI honestly hate them. Not only because I'm new to them or because I'm married to a man who has a tenancy to panic and either punch the gas pedal or sit and let handfuls of obvious spaces pass him by...but because our idiots-in-charge didn't feel like explaining the proper use of the roundabout.
Would it kill them to actually sink a little money into making it easier for us to figure out how they work?