Roundabouts: The Problem Is You

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

They’re as American as Washington, DC yet most people in the US are terrified of them, hate them or both. What is it about traffic circles and roundabouts - which do nothing but safely, inexpensively and greenly direct traffic – that America can’t stand?

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House StuffWorks.com.
0:41.4	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:43.3	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's nobody else because this is just pitiful, man.
0:51.6	Goes producers left and right.
0:53.6	Yep.
0:55.6	Does it bum you out to be?
0:58.6	I'm just going to come out and admit it.
1:00.2	Yes, a little bit.
1:02.2	It just makes the whole thing feel so workmen-like and unimportant.
1:09.6	Yeah, well just you and me in here.
1:11.6	It's, I mean, I'm happy to be here with you, but I appreciate that.
1:15.6	Yeah, it's just another thing that has to be done.
1:21.1	Record Josh and Chuck.
1:22.1	It's not an event anymore.
1:23.9	You know, there's no streamers like there used to be.
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