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[–] TheKracken@lemmy.world 101 points 11 months ago (5 children)

You can infinitely go around and around a roundabout or a clover leaf interchange.

[–] bemenaker@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago

Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Last time this was brought up somebody pointed out that in certain countries (Germany, I believe) it is actually illegal to drive without purpose, so endlessly circling the roundabout would be illegal. I'm so confused how this could ever be enforced though, not the roundabout thing, but generally. Not anymore, but during lockdown I would put on an audio book and just drive around the countryside for hours. The purpose was keeping me sane, but I wasn't going anywhere.

[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In a lot of European countries we are now introducing "turbo" roundabouts where you can't even go all the way around once, and they work way better and amazingly.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 11 months ago

There are some around here, where I live. I thought that was just so Americans would provoke fewer accidents. I've never seen them anywhere else in Germany, and none in France either

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Well, maybe continuously circling the roundabout *is my purpose for driving. Take that, Germany!

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago

Law of thermodynamics has entered the chat

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The bane of any Cities Skylines player when setting up roads wrong.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Speaking of which, have you played the sequel yet?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've played it. It's pretty good. It improves many systems from 1 while keeping the same core game. It's missing a few things the DLCs for 1 added, like more pedestrian options (and biking in general) and things like that, but it's generally better. Some people have said the performance is bad, but it was good enough for me, and I'm not using a particularly modern system. YMMV.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah I heard about the performance issues as well, but I haven't had a chance to try it out myself. Thanks for the insight.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

No, I'm giving it a year to bake first.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago

I often take a complete lap around a roundabout if I have people driving too close behind me, they clearly are in a rush to their accident, they don't want to be behind me, I don't want them behind me, one lap of a roundabout solves the issue to our mutual satisfaction.