My town (also in Florida, oddly enough) has started installing roundabouts instead of lights when they redo busy intersections. At first, traffic was worse because people were constantly stopping...
My town (also in Florida, oddly enough) has started installing roundabouts instead of lights when they redo busy intersections.
At first, traffic was worse because people were constantly stopping at the entrance every time and waiting.
Over the course of a few months, people started figuring them out and now traffic flows so much more smooth at those intersections.
Roundabouts are great except when people don't know how to use them. Which, where I live, is the majority of the time. We have plenty around here, drivers just never bothered to figure out what to...
Roundabouts are great except when people don't know how to use them. Which, where I live, is the majority of the time. We have plenty around here, drivers just never bothered to figure out what to do with them. People in the circle are constantly stopping to let others in front of them, people who haven't entered yet are stopping even when no one else is around, and often on the quieter streets they'll just drive the wrong way to make a quick left instead of driving 270 degrees around to get there. It's frustrating and dangerous.
Presumably in response to all this driver stupidity, stop signs were actually installed at two of the four entrances to a roundabout near my home. Not only does this defeat the entire purpose of the roundabout, it further compounds the problem by encouraging bad roundabout behavior at normal ones.
Just wait until you get a magic roundabout (like Swindon has) or a hamburger roundabout, like Gloucester has. Google Maps shows the hamburger roundabout still being built (it has a road through...
Just wait until you get a magic roundabout (like Swindon has) or a hamburger roundabout, like Gloucester has.
I'm having trouble understanding how traffic would flow in that Magic Roundabout, but that's probably because I'm from the US and so I'm not really familiar with traffic symbols and lane paint in...
I'm having trouble understanding how traffic would flow in that Magic Roundabout, but that's probably because I'm from the US and so I'm not really familiar with traffic symbols and lane paint in the UK.
That said, I would absolutely panic if I drove up to that without some kind of prior exposure to the concept
They're really not easy to miss. They're signposted, clearly. If you accidentally find yourself running mini roundabouts you need to do some introspection about your attentiveness at the wheel.
Then there are mini-roundabouts, which at first I also hated, because they’re simply a white circle painted on the tarmac that you are supposed to treat as if it’s a proper roundabout, and they’re easy to miss and thereby annoy other drivers.
They're really not easy to miss. They're signposted, clearly. If you accidentally find yourself running mini roundabouts you need to do some introspection about your attentiveness at the wheel.
My town (also in Florida, oddly enough) has started installing roundabouts instead of lights when they redo busy intersections.
At first, traffic was worse because people were constantly stopping at the entrance every time and waiting.
Over the course of a few months, people started figuring them out and now traffic flows so much more smooth at those intersections.
We need to start using them more in the US.
Roundabouts are great except when people don't know how to use them. Which, where I live, is the majority of the time. We have plenty around here, drivers just never bothered to figure out what to do with them. People in the circle are constantly stopping to let others in front of them, people who haven't entered yet are stopping even when no one else is around, and often on the quieter streets they'll just drive the wrong way to make a quick left instead of driving 270 degrees around to get there. It's frustrating and dangerous.
Presumably in response to all this driver stupidity, stop signs were actually installed at two of the four entrances to a roundabout near my home. Not only does this defeat the entire purpose of the roundabout, it further compounds the problem by encouraging bad roundabout behavior at normal ones.
Just wait until you get a magic roundabout (like Swindon has) or a hamburger roundabout, like Gloucester has.
Google Maps shows the hamburger roundabout still being built (it has a road through the middle): https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8788171,-2.2003868,555m/data=!3m1!1e3
The Magic Roundabout (5 mini roundabouts circle 1 big roundabout): https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5627899,-1.7714981,211m/data=!3m1!1e3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)
I'm having trouble understanding how traffic would flow in that Magic Roundabout, but that's probably because I'm from the US and so I'm not really familiar with traffic symbols and lane paint in the UK.
That said, I would absolutely panic if I drove up to that without some kind of prior exposure to the concept
Or monstrosities like the Hanger Lane Gyratory in London, which has eight lanes at its widest point.
They're really not easy to miss. They're signposted, clearly. If you accidentally find yourself running mini roundabouts you need to do some introspection about your attentiveness at the wheel.