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In a town in Ohio I used to live in, the answer was 50. There is a law on the books that says its a misdemeanor to lap over 50 times in a day.

Edit: I was slightly wrong - its 100 times in a single session. Source: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio/crazy-laws-part-2-oh/

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In a day? These laps don’t have to be consecutive for it to be illegal?

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47 points

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.

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12 points

That’s exactly what I was thinking, anyone who drives for their job could easily be crossing the same traffic circle dozens of times a day. That would be against the law?

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3 points

If you do a “straight” (1/2 way around) does it count as 1/2?

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20 points

So, start a few minutes before midnight, get in 50 laps, then 50 the next day.

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So what you’re saying is you can do 49 donuts around it and it’s perfectly legal. Cops love donuts so I’m sure I’m 100% correct

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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.

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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.

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4 points

I would love to get a source on this. I tried but couldn’t find anything. That’s hilarious if true.

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Added source to original post

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Nice, thanks!

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85 points

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.

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Tbh how often do you see someone sword dueling lol

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Every. Fucking. Day. Honestly, being the Highlander is exhausting.

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I wonder this like once a year

Also, advanced mode might be the cloverloop

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I don’t think anyone would notice on the cloverloop.

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Advanced for both you AND the cops!

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.

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Wait, is that still a thing? I’ve never seen cops with speed cameras outside of movies. It also seems quite overkill seeing there’s mobile speed cameras too these days. Around my city there’s like three that get moved every few days, alongside the many stationary speed cameras.

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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.

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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

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12 points

My dad and I used to do this for fun back in the 90s 😂

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8 points

Imma do this with my son, right now in 2024.

Thanks, now my weekend is fully booked.

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4 points

I lost my dad to cancer when I was 30 but now I have a son that is 9 months old and I will definitely be keeping the tradition alive!

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6 points

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.

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Closest thing I’ve got to a clover here is literally called the mixmaster. It’s more akin to taking a head first dive into a blender.

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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.

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Well the answer now is 0. That round about isn’t a roundabout anymore.

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Wow, y’all have had roundabouts since the 60’s? I didn’t see any in the US until like 2010.

And here I thought they were modern inventions

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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.

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In Australia I was picked up for going around four times. They were watching from the start and threatened me with a reckless driving charge.

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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.

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