Dakzuki wrote:
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.
A roundabout designed properly on a rural highway doesn't slow you down much at all....in fact if designed properly they can be fun in a sports car.
The biggest problem is they all too frequently make the too constricting which slows traffic too much.
I have no sympathy for those that can't handle roundabouts and go straight or turn the wrong way into them.
Lt's see....60 mph highway speed reduced to 30 mph round-a-bout speed on an open two lane rural highway that has no marked intersections for more than 5 miles in either direction.
Yes, the round intersections or the J intersections are safer but some are ill-placed. None of them, AFAIK, are designed for sports car enthusiasts.
I would be OK with these newer intersection methods if they could install a replica of Trafalgar square or a smaller replica of Big Ben in the center. :B
