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**bestcigsnick** · 04-21-2011, 04:29 PM

Every round-about is a potential skid pad for your G-meter. [thumbup]

No, j/k. I do find them annoying. Mostly because most people around here are too stupid to navigate them.

I swear, Drivers Ed. should require manual cars and a performance driving course as part of the final exam. I wanna see some serious car control.

I thought it was a myth that US drivers licenses don't require manual training??

In the UK you can do an auto only license but you can't drive a manual on it. Over there you can?

To be totally fair, roundabouts baffle a lot of UK drivers as well. Especially this one (and no joke, this bad boy exists in Swindon. You go clockwise around the little ones and anti-clockwise through the big ones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_R..._%28Swindon%29

It was constructed in the early 70's so I'm guessing the town planners of the 60's had a very liberal attitude when it came to "bring your LSD to work" days.

04-21-2011, 04:29 PM	#47
bestcigsnick Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 474 Senior Member	Every round-about is a potential skid pad for your G-meter. [thumbup] No, j/k. I do find them annoying. Mostly because most people around here are too stupid to navigate them. I swear, Drivers Ed. should require manual cars and a performance driving course as part of the final exam. I wanna see some serious car control. I thought it was a myth that US drivers licenses don't require manual training?? In the UK you can do an auto only license but you can't drive a manual on it. Over there you can? To be totally fair, roundabouts baffle a lot of UK drivers as well. Especially this one (and no joke, this bad boy exists in Swindon. You go clockwise around the little ones and anti-clockwise through the big ones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_R..._%28Swindon%29 It was constructed in the early 70's so I'm guessing the town planners of the 60's had a very liberal attitude when it came to "bring your LSD to work" days.
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