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I want to be upfront about something: I'm not an American, I'm an Australian. And as such, I don't really understand NASCAR or baseball, and my daily driver is from a country that the Americans were at war with seventy years ago. Heck, I sometimes even eat croissants.
- This Could Have Ended Much Worse
One would think that all scooter or motorcycle riders in general would be a little bit more cautious on the road, especially when approaching an intersection or a roundabout, since they are exposed and vulnerable. Read more »...
- Best "moose Test" Save Of The Summer…we Think
Roundabouts are generally considered to be safer than other forms of intersection control such as traffic lights, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are completely foolproof. Here we see a passenger van in the likes of a Mercedes-Benz...
- First Drive: Holden Caprice V Series Ii With 6.0-liter V8
The car that most Americans know as the Chevy Caprice PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) owes as much to the Australian designed and built Holden Caprice luxury sedan reviewed here as the latter owes to business decisions Ford Australia made a couple of decades...
- Video: Toyota Supra Drifter Outwitted By Cop On Roundabout
A jazzy driver in a fourth-generation Toyota Supra was filmed trying to have some drifting fun on a roundabout at the expense of the police. After the patrol car tried to follow the Supra on the roundabout the cop outsmarted the driver by turning off...
- Fail: Roundabout Mayhem In Germany [video]
A couple of months ago, our Australian contributor Tristan posted an article on America's resistance to roundabouts and how a significant percentage of drivers fail to understand them. And while drivers in other countries generally seem more receptive...
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Not In My Town: America’s Resistance to the Roundabout
I want to be upfront about something: I'm not an American, I'm an Australian. And as such, I don't really understand NASCAR or baseball, and my daily driver is from a country that the Americans were at war with seventy years ago. Heck, I sometimes even eat croissants.
So what gives me the right to chide American drivers for resisting such a basic piece of road design as the humble roundabout? Well, that's simple: in Australia we've been using roundabouts for years.
The New York Times reports that, for some oddball reason (probably because the French are so fond of them), Americans are actively resisting the introduction of the roundabout across their great, proud nation. This comes despite the fact that roundabouts have long proven to be safer, more efficient and better for the environment than that other piece of road design: the intersection.
- This Could Have Ended Much Worse
One would think that all scooter or motorcycle riders in general would be a little bit more cautious on the road, especially when approaching an intersection or a roundabout, since they are exposed and vulnerable. Read more »...
- Best "moose Test" Save Of The Summer…we Think
Roundabouts are generally considered to be safer than other forms of intersection control such as traffic lights, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are completely foolproof. Here we see a passenger van in the likes of a Mercedes-Benz...
- First Drive: Holden Caprice V Series Ii With 6.0-liter V8
The car that most Americans know as the Chevy Caprice PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) owes as much to the Australian designed and built Holden Caprice luxury sedan reviewed here as the latter owes to business decisions Ford Australia made a couple of decades...
- Video: Toyota Supra Drifter Outwitted By Cop On Roundabout
A jazzy driver in a fourth-generation Toyota Supra was filmed trying to have some drifting fun on a roundabout at the expense of the police. After the patrol car tried to follow the Supra on the roundabout the cop outsmarted the driver by turning off...
- Fail: Roundabout Mayhem In Germany [video]
A couple of months ago, our Australian contributor Tristan posted an article on America's resistance to roundabouts and how a significant percentage of drivers fail to understand them. And while drivers in other countries generally seem more receptive...