Roundabouts
"How can it be so difficult? It's a circular road, so navigate it in a circular fashion. Simple."
Observations on the roundabouts of the UK show that this mythical circular path is beyond the capabilities of most drivers. It's the Unicorn¹ of road behaviour.
Maybe they want to save a few centimetres by going straight, perhaps a little bit less fuel is used, even tyre wear is reduced. When you think about it a non-circular path has a lot going for it.
Somehow I doubt these crazed individuals have the brains to work those three benefits out. It's my belief that they just can't be bothered to succumb to the G-forces and effort involved in driving in a circle. So onwards they travel, oblivious to the drivers who they've left cut up in their path.
It's you and I who end up watching out for these morons, never daring to be on the inside² of any vehicle that contains a below-par driver.
Fancy an easy write-off of your car? Fed up of it perhaps? Need a change? All you have to do is find a medium sized roundabout and drive round the inside of it for an hour or so. One of these plonkers will inevitably turn up and carve a big hole down the side of your motor.
¹ As far as I know, Unicorns do not exist.
² For the purposes of this page, the "inside" is the middle
of the circle.
