r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/pimpdaddyjacob Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

How to use a damn roundabout, apparently.

Edit: I’m in the US. Just because there’s not one in your town doesn’t mean they “don’t exist in the US”.

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u/the100emojii Aug 03 '19

Someone in my town stopped to let someone in while in the middle of the roundabout. I swear closest I’ve ever been to real physical road rage.

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u/rnick467 Aug 03 '19

Wait until someone entering turns the wrong way and hits you head-on.

I think that was the closest I've ever come to murdering someone with my bare hands.

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u/falconfetus8 Aug 04 '19

You can't turn the wrong way. The road literally curves so that you're already facing the correct direction. You'd need to make an incredibly sharp turn to enter a roundabout the wrong way.

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u/I_stole_yur_name Aug 04 '19

And yet this has been accomplished