Satirical website The Onion has noticed something about the American approach to the traffic circle.
Reporting fake news from the city of Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, The Onion reports that all the drivers in a local traffic circle are "winging it."
"Saying they have 'no earthly clue' exactly when it’s okay to enter and exit, all of the drivers currently in the roundabout at Springdale and 8th Street admitted Monday that they’re pretty much 'just winging it' whenever they pass through," according to the fake article that isn't a report of actual events but a satire on real life.
So that means it's true, in a way.
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