I hate roundabouts -- but maybe I am wrong
Roundabouts are spreading across the country -- I find them infuriating and unsafe (when I am towing a trailer). And yet the experts say they are much safer than ordinary intersections. Check out th...
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Matt_Colie wrote:
Traffic circles started in New Jersey in 1928. Some where good, some were not what is funny to me is that where some that I know where pretty good and were "plowed in", they have now been replaced by "roundabouts" and two of those are just terrible.
Matt
Those were "traffic circles"...I know semantics but there are fundamental differences.
Traffic circles often gave right of way to vehicles entering, so they would lock up at high volumes. Roundabouts have entering vehicles yeild so they can always clear vehicles in the circle.
They were often overly large and designed for high speeds. Roundabouts specifically are designed to force lower speeds even under light volumes. If they don't it's a design mistake.
