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Anonymous wrote:Equally difficult are 4 way stops. Why the hell do people get so confused by 4 way stops?

Or a cloverleaf interchange, god forbid.

I grew up with cloverleafs. They don’t phase me. The Chevy Chase traffic circle, on the other hand ...

Apparently no one else in this area did because they all stop on the off ramp and let oncoming stream into lane to get to the on ramp. Or the oncoming traffic just doesn’t slow down to merge in the lane because they assume you’re going to stop on the off ramp and just let them go.

Here is the thing about Chevy Chase Circle. Actually two things, one obvious, one lying in wait.

- Connecticut Ave cars forget to yield to the traffic in the circle. Not only are they supposed to yield, according the Laws of Circles and Roundabouts, but there are many signs reminding people to yield. (One exception to this yield rule is Tenley Circle, where the traffic in the mini-circle is told to yield to the Nebraska Ave traffic.)

- The bigger issue: Unlike any other big circle in DC, ALL THREE LANES can exit onto Connecticut. That means if you are in, say, the middle lane, and want to stay in the circle and not exit on Connecticut, you are screwed. (This setup is contrary to the way circles and roundabouts usually work, and the signage and lane markings are lacking.)

Say you are driving southbound on Connecticut and want to get off on Chevy Chase Parkway. You need to get in the far left lane of the circle, fend off the merging cars coming northbound from Connecticut, then swing across two lanes to exit on the right on CC Parkway.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like YOU don’t know how to use a circle, OP.

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Duh. You yield to whoever is going fastest.

Everyone knows this.

Except OP.

I'm ashamed you live in my city.

I'm ashamed you don't know how to handle a circle. Where did you learn how to drive?

In Washington, DC. You?

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Anonymous wrote:Equally difficult are 4 way stops. Why the hell do people get so confused by 4 way stops?

Or a cloverleaf interchange, god forbid.

I grew up with cloverleafs. They don’t phase me. The Chevy Chase traffic circle, on the other hand ...

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like YOU don’t know how to use a circle, OP.

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Duh. You yield to whoever is going fastest.

Everyone knows this.

Except OP.

I'm ashamed you live in my city.

I'm ashamed you don't know how to handle a circle. Where did you learn how to drive?

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like YOU don’t know how to use a circle, OP.

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Duh. You yield to whoever is going fastest.

Everyone knows this.

Except OP.

I'm ashamed you live in my city.

Anonymous wrote:Equally difficult are 4 way stops. Why the hell do people get so confused by 4 way stops?

Or a cloverleaf interchange, god forbid.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you go left or right at a traffic circle?

Just drive straight through. Don't mind the bump as you go over the island.

LMAO

I came really close to doing this late at night in my mom’s 1987 Chevy Celebrity when I was first driving. Came up Dalecarlia Parkway too fast and almost landed in Westmoreland Circle.

We've had traffic circles in my city for several years now and people still complain on social media about how confusing they are. It's bizarre. Some people truly put up a mental wall to keep from learning new things.

Equally difficult are 4 way stops. Why the hell do people get so confused by 4 way stops?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you go left or right at a traffic circle?

Just drive straight through. Don't mind the bump as you go over the island.

LMAO

Anonymous wrote:Here is a helpful diagram.
http://thegentlemanatlarge.com/roundabouts-are-not-that-hard/

This does not help since this is for 1 lane, though it is funny.

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Anonymous wrote:Preach, Sister!!!

And what about literally every idiot driving northbound on CT Ave entering Chevy Chase Circle from the left lane who veer into the middle lane of the circle every single time?

I hate cc circle and have to drive through it every day. Tons of idiots.

We called it “Suicide Circle” growing up.

That one is uniquely confusing and the markings are faded to nonexistent.

What’s confusing about it?

The people in the center of the circle believe they have the right of way over the people entering the circle on the outside ring.

Most people don't even know CC circle have 2 lanes in the circle.

Correction 3 lanes.

You can't go from lane 2 to the outer lane (lane 3) without yielding. You don't have the right of way over somebody entering the circle.

Traffic in the circle ALWAYS has right of way over entering vehicles.

No. They can have the right of way in their lane. They do not have the right to go into lane 3, they are changing lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:My issue is that every single traffic circle in DC is completely different. Some have streets through the middle, some have yield signs for cross streets, others have traffic signals, others have no signs, some have streets underneath. Some have four streets, some have six, etc... No WONDER no-one knows how to drive through them....

+1

Dupont with the double ring and signals. And pedestrians. Chaos.
CC where you think it's Ok to just stay in the outer lane like a chicken but you have to merge in or be forced north on conn. Because surprise! The middle lane of the circle can also exit the circle. From the middle. Terrifying

F@ck. I’m hyperventilating. I have to go through that circle to get to my dermatologist this week. You people are freaking me out. I’m going to get there and freeze

I made it through the traffic circle at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. No other traffic circle will ever faze me.

Anonymous wrote:Traffic circles are designed for horse and buggy going 15 mph and even then there were lots of accidents. Pierre L’Enfant designed DC in the 18th century.

You apparently haven’t done much driving in Europe. Traffic lights are by far a rarity to traffic circles while travelling through Germany, for example.