Ok, I understand not every city or town has a round-about/rotary/traffic circle. I also understand that subsequently not everyone has driven through one.
However, I’d like to send a big huge thanks out to the idiot who thought it would be a good idea to drive the wrong way around the Armdale rotary yesterday. Thanks for trying to kill all of us.
Moron sat at the entrance to the rotary off Herring Cove Rd, waited for a break in traffic to pull out… and then went left. FAIL.
Were the arrows not enough to point you in the right direction? Did you not happen to notice that all the traffic already in the circle were all going the same way? Thankfully the people coming into the circle off St. Margaret’s Bay were swift enough to notice your stupidity and come to a grinding halt before anyone got hurt. Next time, go with the flow.
You dumb-ass. Nothing like staring down the business end of a big black Escalade to jolt you enough to realize you done wrong. —Next time, go with the flow. Literally.
This article appears in May 13-19, 2010.
Must be British, they’re always driving on the wrong side of the road. LOL.
British or Aussie! They love the roundabouts there too, but are actually replacing a lot of the ones where there’s too much traffic into signalized intersections because they work better that way. Meanwhile HRM is thinking about going the other way. Weird.
Roundabouts are also horrible for pedestrians! And they take up more space than standard intersections. Other than that, they’re cool.
you think that was fun o.p., just wait til they get the other ones in place. this city is going fucking nuttier everyday. round a bouts, for christ’s sake, you’d think we were in london or some other fool place. no wonder ovewr there they call it piccadilly circus, it is nothing but a fucking act of clowns, in government. and now we have them here, woopie fucking ding.
Going the wrong way is a scary event when your in the right & mr/mrs morons coming right at you!
My new favorite imbecillic move that I’ve seen more than once lately is the double stop at a stop sign. You know the idiots who just can’t judge speed, distance, the size of their vehicle which is bad enough…There’s a little red truck here in the Enfeild area that I’ve seen do it more than once. Pulls up to the stop sign, comes to a stop, Hits the gas to pull out, for about 2 truck lengths or so & then jams on his brakes & stops again…I’ve checked the sign & there are not 2 of them. I thought, maybe my glasses prescription needs to be upgraded yet again, but no he’s either just completely inept, or attempting to get himself an insurance settlement for being rear ended !
Yesterday a woman coming out of a side street in Lantz, did exactly the same thing, I wonder if they’re related ?
10 bucks says that it was someone from the valley on a trip to the “Big City”. They tend to get confused when a road isn’t made out of dirt.
i have witnessed folks going the wrong way through the willow on robie…luckily others were smart enough not to run into them…dirt roads haha poor rural drivers. so hapless
Welcome to Halifax, where common sense gets suspended at the airport.
You see it all the time in downtown Halifax in the summer when Maw and Paw Kettle come in from Turniptown, Queens County or some poor fucking dyslexic sees arrows as table saws – it doesn’t matter – you will always have people who will try to defy the odds, either with intention or without. Maybe Grandpa with dementia decided it was time to go to the liquor store to get his bottle of rum and he thinks Elliot Ness is following him – just consider yourself blessed for not becoming a hood ornament of whoever this brainless person was. Maybe it’s time to have cameras to address these issues unless you want to go blind watching from the Herald’s webcam. Roundabouts in these parts penalizes pedestrians, especially those, like my Hub-Unit, who are handicapped.
Saw something equaly idiotic yesterday on the ramp from the 111 down to Woodland Ave or the 118, however you want to refer to it… that particular merge has become very hectic the last couple of years with all the Dartmouth Crossing traffic. Anyway, there was a rube in an older blue Chevy pickup who basically decided to come to a stop at the bottom of the ramp at the merge… cripes, he might still be there. You need to ACCELERATE, bud, not stop, and blend into the line. Mayhem ensued. Someone should probably check to see if there is a pile of crumpled metal there this AM.
I had a chick in one of those car share cars 2 weeks ago do the same thing. I was coming down the Bay rd and she was at Joseph howe. I saw the look of confusion on her face as I came around the circle and she pulled out going LEFT to go to Chebucto rd. I had to stop…or hit her…as I was going up Chebucto as well, she thanked the cars yeilded at quinpool for letting her go, not even realizing how close she came to a head on with my truck, smiled and proceeded up Chebucto. Obviously had no idea how a roundabout works around here and because of the sign on the car I assume she doesn’t drive very often either.
That’s incredible! The first thing I do when I’m in a new place is read the signs… who the heck can get confused? I’m sorry, I don’t think the roundabout is that tough to go through.