The following statement in "Like parliamentary democracy, roundabouts are a great British export with a risk" struck a chord:
The policeman may have been right. I may never have been able to enter the roundabout but by shoving and being rude :(
Update: The surprising pleasure of not being rude
I stopped at a pedestrian crossing. I had to request the pedestrians to continue walking as they had stopped in the middle of the road upon noticing my car.
I am surprised at how nice it felt. However, there was no car behind me. How often can I expect that?
Yet roundabouts tend to work only when motorists observe the British virtues of fair play and stick to the rules. Alas, this is not always the case.I will never forget the policeman scolding me for not barging in to the traffic at a roundabout. I waited as I did not wish to create a deadlock by blocking traffic in the circle which needed to exit the roundabout.
The policeman may have been right. I may never have been able to enter the roundabout but by shoving and being rude :(
Update: The surprising pleasure of not being rude
I stopped at a pedestrian crossing. I had to request the pedestrians to continue walking as they had stopped in the middle of the road upon noticing my car.
I am surprised at how nice it felt. However, there was no car behind me. How often can I expect that?
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