Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic
by dolmen on Sunday June 06, 2021 @06:18PM
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Place de l'Etoile in Paris is one of the most famous roundabout.
http://www.champselysees-paris.com/images/sightseeing-images...
Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic
by rjsw on Sunday June 06, 2021 @01:34PM
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The French are not very good at using roundabouts IME, they don't indicate which exit they intend to use.
Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic
by jethack on Sunday June 06, 2021 @05:41PM
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Just making sure this isn't a misunderstanding: Roundabout signaling laws and conventions vary between countries, and in some countries you're supposed to signal your intent both entering and exiting the roundabout, while in some you only signal at the exit. I'm not sure about French conventions, but in some European countries (Germany, some Eastern European countries, probably others) indicating before the roundabout is actually illegal.
Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic
by Zababa on Sunday June 06, 2021 @07:08PM
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French conventions are to signal when you're exiting at the next exit.
Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic
by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @09:30PM
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I drive in Italy and Canada, the signaling is very different. In Italy you would signal left to indicato "entering", then signal right when about to leave.
In Canada you signal before entering, and signal right when you plan to exit right, left when left, nothing when going straight.
This assumption doesn't work for Italy wherte there are roundabouts with 5 or more roads involved.
Re:Remove left turns for less dangerous city traffic
by rrobukef on Sunday June 06, 2021 @05:27PM
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You know, it's kinda cool. If that's the worst roundabout in France...
A funny anecdote: we used to go to Pontarlier from time to time because our grandparents had a house here. Every time we went, we saw that [1] awful roundabout. A few years ago, it was elected as the ugliest roundabout in France.
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/image/Zb2s5pOo3hJVEK...
(Edit: I've edited the link to point the correct roundabout. The previous link was https://sf1am.autojournal.fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018...)