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brewdadyesterday at 9:30 PM1 replyview on HN

There is a roundabout near me that gets quite low traffic volume. I probably only have to even slow below 20mph about 10% of the time. The bigger risk is that the car in front of me is going to come to a complete stop at the yield sign despite the fact that you can see any potential conflicts at least 100 feet before the roundabout.

American drivers don’t know that a yield doesn’t require a stop and can’t think more than one or two seconds ahead of any possible conflict in traffic.


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gs17yesterday at 11:21 PM

"American drivers are too safe" is a new complaint to me.

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