50 nonconsecutive laps in a day isn't even that much, tbh.
As a cabbie, I could drive 25 fares a day, and if I go back to my station after the fare, then I'd drive one lap while driving the customer home and another while going back myself.
Some of those laws are no longer on the books, so I wonder about that one. Like, what does "around the town square" actually mean? There's not a straightforward "town square" in Oxford. And while the article asks "What exactly happened to make Oxford so protective of its town square?", you and I both know the answer is "drunk college students". Also funny that they don't actually show the public sidewalk, but instead the little square between Elliot and Stoddard for the sidewalk law.
Edit: a quick search through the municipal traffic codes doesn't reveal anything, so I'm guessing this is one of Miami's many rumors that happened to get picked up by a less-than-thourough website. Or potentially it used to exist but no longer does. Or maybe I missed it, but I'm willing to bet that's not the case.
I think the law was from the late 60s-mid 70s when driving muscle cars around was a popular past time for young men. My guess is it's a problem that kinda just went away when other types of entertainment became more popular.
Realistically, however long it took for someone else to notice you were doing it and call them.
Source: had the cops called on my friends and I multiple times for having foam sword fights in parking lots at college. Apparently people from a distance thought actual fighting was going on. Not sure if that's a testament to our acting or their poor eye sight.
Some cops do like sitting on exits to hide with their radar guns 😒 obviously better than sitting on the shoulder though. Imagine having kids at home and risking your life while already having a dangerous job. Pulling people over on the shoulder instead of taking them to the next exit is the worst.
I did two full loops once while I was learning to drive. I wasn't confident enough to merge over without a lot more room than the people around me were willing to part with, so I just stayed in the lane, took the next ramp and cycled through.
Then it happened again.
Fortunately it was my dad and not like, an instructor who could grade me or something.
I’ve frequently reminded my teens that it’s no big deal to go around again, no big deal to miss a turn. A panic move at a missed turn is usually a bad idea.
— also, I recommended GPS even in familiar territory. Sure, you need to be able to get around without that dependency, but no matter where you are, GPS will almost instantly calculate an alternate, safe route. Don’t worry about missing that turn, let gps help
I've wanted to do a full 4 leaf clover before. But unfortunately the one my by house in college was just a 2 leaf on the northbound side. The southbound side was regular ramps.
I did take the two leaves in one go though. I was headed out and after I got on the first loop I realized I forgot something at home, so I stayed on and took the second loop to go back and pick it up.
In about 1968, my dad drove round the roundabout in front of Buckingham Palace so us kids could get a better gander at the palace.
We got pulled over by a Bobby on the third circuit, and I kid you not, his first question was 'What's going on here, then?'
We were told if we wanted a better look, we would have to park the car and walk - like everyone else.
The answer to the question is 3.
Funnily enough, the concept of a circular traffic junction - in a form similar to a roundabout today - was first introduced in Washington DC in the 1790s, including the Dupont Circle.
So literally speaking, you septics invented the roundabout traffic circle.
Pretty sure that the law in Aus is 7 times, but let's be real if it's more than 3 times you're either lost as shit, don't know how roundabouts work at all or just fucking around.
Yeah, it really depends on the size of the roundabout. I'd say it would be 5 laps of a mini-roundabout before people started noticing. But if it's a large motorway junction roundabout or even the M25, nobody might ever notice...
My friend came to visit me in Boston. He's a bit skittish and dramatic. He was driving and came upon a rotary. He kept repeating "what is this?" before we entered onto it. I was explaining to him that he literally just had to get out at the first exit so he didn't even really need to get onto it, just turn right, but he just saw an opening and pulled in.
Immediately he went to the center and just kept circling around it screaming. I was trying to calm him down, but I was laughing too hard. We had to have gone around 5 times before he got his shit together and just exited his first chance. I drove around the long way so he didn't have to go in again. But the thought of getting pulled over did cross my mind.
then don't go spinning in a city, pick a village or a small town and go wild, it'll take them a while to notice and a longer while yet to bother stopping you, and chances are (with village police) they'd first sit down and watch for an hour or so. Adding it all up I'd say you're looking at at least 8h of spinning. In the end you'll just be told to stop since it's 100% legal or you could pioneer a new law in Poland! exciting
If it's a busy one, would anyone even notice? Most people just get in and get out without even making a full circle. I think you'd be virtually anonymous.
Unless someone else was riding the same roundabout for fun. Then you could invent little games to play with them
Said different grounds would most likely be a willful twisting of the "anti cruising" laws and ordinances in effect in many states and cities in the US.