10-17-2017, 10:51 AM
(10-17-2017, 10:08 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(10-17-2017, 08:56 AM)Spokes Wrote: That's insane. But not surprising. I had that happen to me in Ottawa one of the first times I encountered a roundabout 10+ years ago.
Lol, I remember sitting in the cafeteria of the building I worked at as a co-op in 2007 and watching drivers be confused by the roundabouts in the R&T park. I even got to watch one go the wrong way around, and then be forced to reverse back around the roundabout by an on-coming semi-truck. It did not go well. Having been in the region for a while now, I have seen things get progressively better at roundabouts. But I am not surprised this still occurs. It seems some people cannot deal with them, and they have simply been hiding from them--which is getting less and less possible.
There is broad non-compliance across the board. Just this morning I saw a bicyclist driving the wrong way in the bike lane on Wes Graham Way. I'm surprised this still occurs. I can't believe bicyclists are allowed on the streets when they don't know simple rules of the road like this. I guess all bicyclists should be re-tested every 5 years to stay on the road.