How traffic circles should be treated in South Africa

Lycanthrope said:
Seemingly because in South Africa, contrary to the rest of the world, mini-roundabouts aren't treated like roundabouts.

If your road rules/traffic codes don't apply universally, it's you who can't drive safely or competently in other countries.

I wonder how South Africans would navigate a double mini-roundabout. Especially since you don't treat mini-roundabouts like roundabouts.

It's a cluster**** when licensed people don't understand the rules that govern the road. What, after all, is the point of licences then?
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Do we even have those here? Don't think so.
 
I gave up on following the GAP (generally accepted principles) of using a traffic circle or a roundabout properly after years of frustration.

Now I just speed through it with my large armoured SUV and folk either knock into me (IDGAF cos of business insurance) or squeal on their brakes and shout obscenities while I smile and wave.

Fk these ***** is all that I have to say.
 
Drove into this once, took the first exit and parked the car, got out and stood on the side of this thing for 10 minutes to figure how the hell to get to the other side.

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ToxicBunny said:
That is pretty much the unwritten rule at any intersection in SA, even roundabouts, robots, yields, stops etc. So long as you get there as the fastest vehicle you have right of way.
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From what I see around JHB, they've decided that if the coast is clear it is their prerogative to go, rather than an orderly sequence of who arrives and stops completely at the white lines. They've also decided turn left on red is perfectly ok because they're really busy and important and clever. I've seen two gut-wrenching accidents as a result so far.
 
Jefferson D'Arcy said:
From what I see around JHB, they've decided that if the coast is clear it is their prerogative to go, rather than an orderly sequence of who arrives and stops completely at the white lines. They've also decided turn left on red is perfectly ok because they're really busy and important and clever. I've seen two gut-wrenching accidents as a result so far.
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Stops are just an annoyance for most people these days... I have one just below my house and its the exception that people stop rather than the norm. The vast majority of people just blast through it without even giving it a second thought. The only reason there hasn't been a horrific accident yet is because the joining street is relatively quiet from a traffic point of view.
 
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