westend wrote:
MNDOT has just lost it.
They are putting round-a-bouts on a lot of two lane highways, particularly those that carry a lot of traffic. The thinking is that these deter accidents and that may be true but dang, they are inconvenient. Also, there is the occasional Old Boy that hasn't traveled the route for awhile and ends up on top of the round-a-bout.
The ones going in MN by us have been good. Most of them ... The design the OP referenced is different than the typical roundabout.
Getting rid of the high speed t-bones is what roundabouts are all about. There may be as many accidents but they are at a lower speed and not at a 90 degree angle. Those two factors substantially decrease the severity of both property damage and human injury. Both very good outcomes.
I think roundabouts have their place. Not sure about the design the OP referenced.
