Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Ping anim Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:58:13 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <20240409160832.00005336@example.com> <1782814550.734460645.097495.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <20240410212256.0000158c@example.com> <327830312.734636856.373697.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 02:58:10 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="74dee8ffcedcd5d5e83917a666c9167f"; logging-data="2788866"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/sEnyvIv+lTSa+GoR0YRAq" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:cYKtkb0VZWIhpIFBouD333LEfhc= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <327830312.734636856.373697.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Bytes: 2509 On 4/12/2024 10:50 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: > Rhino wrote: >> >> I was going to ask you - and the other Americans in this thread - if >> you're all starting to see roundabouts in your area the last few years? >> It's not that long ago that we had essentially none in all of southern >> Ontario. Now they seem to be the "go to" choice for lots of situations. >> I'm not sure why that happened but it's very common now. I had >> understood that roundabouts are extremely rare in the US too but my >> friend is hearing that they are springing up all over in the US now. >> There was one in that video so maybe he's correct. > > Yes, they’re springing up like tumbleweeds. Usually for a stupid reason. > Like a cheerleader barreled through an intersection at three times the > speed limit so they decided they should put roundabout in there. She > wouldn’t have noticed that anymore than she would’ve noticed the stop sign > so she would’ve just hit it and landed on somebody else. > > They don’t have any signage, and nobody knows who has the right of way and > so basically they’re freaking dangerous. > The vehicle in the round part has the right of way. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.