Here's a Rotary Primer for you, moron

The BBQ Pit
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I don’t know what so complicated about this. You are in the rotary. You have right of way. Right of way doesn’t mean “Right to choose whether I go or the other guy goes,” it means “You go, because if you don’t the confusion you cause could lead to a serious traffic accident.” Got that? Right of way rules aren’t about being polite, they’re about keeping you from getting yourself killed, you fucking idiot! Therefore, I don’t give a shit about how your Boy Scout motto says to do a good turn daily, and oh shit! You’ve missed your quota, so why don’t you just wave the guy waiting to enter the rotary to enter in front of you.

NO. You asshole, you are in the rotary, you keep that fucking truck moving! These stupid roundabouts are deadly enough without dumb fucks like you getting your jollies by thinking you’re doing someone a good deed by letting the guy into the rotary in front of you. When the poor woman in her minivan with her six kids crashes into the back of your truck, rupturing the gas tank and causing both vehicles to erupt into a massive fireball of death, I’ll do my good deed by throwing you into the blaze if you manage to crawl out! For crying out loud, you’ve got Massachusetts plates, you should know this! WE HAVE ROTARIES HERE! Good thing we’re in fucking Hicktown, MA, if this was the Concord Prison Rotary, there’d be ten fatalities by now.

Alright, due the incoherency of that rant, let me condense this for you: Right of way laws exist for a VERY GOOD REASON. This hold especially true in rotaries, where the flow of traffic is constant, unlike normal intersections. For this reason, no matter where I am, I do NOT appreciate people violating right of way laws to “be polite” and give me an opening. Usually, it is safe. But it causes confusion and misunderstanding that could potentially lead to a serious accident. Safety for all those on the road takes precedence over being polite to me. So please, please, please obey all right of way laws at all times. Someday you’ll thank me.

Arsehole.

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Is a rotary the same as a roundabout?

  • Bubba.
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I thought this was going to be about helicopters. :frowning:

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Oh god yes. I learned how to drive in Massachusetts and it’s still more or less my home base. Two of the worst rotaries in the Boston/Cambridge/Suburbish Area

1.) Fresh Pond
2.) Concord/Acton/Sudburyish Hell. Concord Centre isn’t too fun either but much easier.

I used to have out-of-state-driver attitude about it all but after being required to commute to teach in Acton last year, I realised that some of the worst offenders were fellow Mass-of-two-shitters who should KNOW BETTER!!!

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Ah, the Concord Prison Rotary. I know it well. That’s a fun one.

My personal favorite training rotary, though, is the one at the north end of 128 in Gloucester. Everyone should be brought there to learn rotary driving. It’s easy, empty, big, and still, not so empty that you’re just driving in circles. It’s the perfect place to learn the technique.

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Could someone pretty please explain what a rotary is? :confused:

Tana

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I’m guessing that it’s another way to say “traffic circle”.

And I totally agree with Grelby

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I thought this was about joining a service club.

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Words to live by:

“It’s better to be predictable than to be nice.”

If a person has the right-of-way, they need to take it!

(In a related vein, I once watched two drivers at a 4-way stop arrive simultaneously. I was always taught that in such a situation, the driver to one’s right has the right-of-way. The nitwit with the right-of-way waved for the other driver to proceed. He waved back for the first driver to proceed. After about 20 seconds of this back-and-forth, both drivers started up simultaneously and collided. :rolleyes: )