Roundabouts Are Safer. So Why Does The U.S. Have So Few Of Them?
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Let's analyze the origins of the misperception that I am some sort of "Brady fan".
About 15 years ago on this forum there were many Colts fans on here who longed to snuggle up to Peyton Manning's taint. Were you one of them? I don't recall. I made the rather straightforward assertion that Brady would be remembered as the better quarterback.
How well had that opinion aged? Quite well, I think. There is ONE QB GOAT.
Was it nice for Patriots fans to hear him say on Sunday that he's a Patriot for life? Sure! Kinda makes me conflicted about considering him a selfish traitorous fool for 3 years running.
But does my (somewhat fading) dislike for him cloud the absolute TRUTH that his career was far better than that of Pay-me-a-ton (in HGH) Manning? No way.
I've driven in the UK, where roundabouts are everywhere.
Took me about 10 times going around the roundabout outside Heathrow to get off it. Driving on the left side can really screw you up.
Think Clark Griswald in European vacation in London.
Brady had the better football career. Peyton the better person and more successful post football career.
Yeah, if you ignore the putting his junk on the trainer incident, the 2 lawsuits he lost & the payouts he made to keep that quiet, the HGH use, the extramarital affairs, the regular throwing of his teammates under the bus, the inability to take any blame for choking in the clutch... and I could go on...
He reportedly banged Angela Buchman. He's gold to me.
Freakonomics loves to talk about Roundabouts. Their SXM channel is replaying this one now.
Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? - Freakonomics
Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? - Freakonomics
freakonomics.com
OMG my first experience was back in the 80's in Tijuana near the border. Anyone that's been down there knows the one I'm talking about its 4 lanes wide. Not to mention we were being chased by a car full of pissed off Mexicans coz my buddy decided to go after the hottest chick in Club Oh. That was pretty entertaining.
Anyways, I was thinking the other day as I approached Keystone and Smokey Row, the way things used to be 10-15 years ago and how pissed every light on Keystone made everyone. Roundabouts are a blessing. Traffic movers even at rush hour. You can fly through this town now with ease any time of day until recently. More and more you get stuck behind some dumb a$$ (@shooter) that moved here from a blue state (Illinois, Michigan, New York, California) that not only can't figure out how to enter one, but navigating to the other side is a comedy show.
Passed on buying a house just east of Keystone and 126th (?) when we moved back in '01 because of all the truck noise on Keystone. Stop at a light, engine break. Light turns green, wind it up. Rinse and repeat 4 more times.
TE Kyle Rudolph shared a few insights about his team and Tom Brady as a teammate on the Bucs last season.
Rudolph says that Brady had an empty locker next to him, where other players would put helmets, jerseys, pictures, footballs, all the stuff they wanted Tom to sign for them.
"There’d be notes on the stuff, a post-it note on a football—‘Sign this for Jimmy, it’s his birthday.’ At the end of the day, every day, he’d sit there and sign everything."
"My experience with Tom was incredible. First, the way he treated people. All people. The way he treated the Glazer family [Bucs owners] is exactly the way he treated the equipment guys or the janitor at 6:30 at night, when he and maybe one or two other guys were the last players in the building."
Didn't say perfect, just better. And I would wager 50% of your list is either fiction or overstated.
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People who don't know how to navigate roundabouts just piss me off. WHAT'S SO F'ING DIFFICULT about it?
I'll bet Zeke is befuddled by them.
Roundabouts can be dangerous, too, if people aren't paying attention. My friend was driving on 103rd(?) street on her way to Keystone when she saw a car going FLYING over the roundabout there. Big crash.Freakonomics loves to talk about Roundabouts. Their SXM channel is replaying this one now.
Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? - Freakonomics
Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? - Freakonomicsfreakonomics.com
Have you driven on 32 east of 37 in Noblesville? Holy crap - it's like an obstacle course! lol
Hey, Jethro, aren’t you the one that JUST said you drove around one 10 times? Good self own there. I drive them multiple times a day.
Yep, that was me. Ever tried to drive counter-clockwise on the left side of the road, Granny?
Chill out - I was just making sure you're paying attention.
Has the tensile strength of human nutsack been determined to be of any significant meaning other than to satisfy researcher curiosity? Apparently I’ve been removed from the world of academia for far too long.
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