My only problem with them is that so many can't seem to understand such a simple concept. Which really messes with those of us who do.
4 Way Stop Signs Is It a Language Problem
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The guy already in the circle has the right of way. If you slow down a bit you can often just merge in behind him. You don't need to stop or yield to anyone getting on.
After learning to drive in a town of under 10,000, I figured out roundabouts in short order driving at 18 in Philadelphia and going around Penn square in the center of the city driving a 12' van body truck as no one else could drive a stick. That one goes all the way around a large block and was 3 lanes wide.
After learning to drive in a town of under 10,000, I figured out roundabouts in short order driving at 18 in Philadelphia and going around Penn square in the center of the city driving a 12' van body truck as no one else could drive a stick. That one goes all the way around a large block and was 3 lanes wide.
State highways built a roundabout at an exit on the Interstate going to a rest stop/visitors center and truck stop. Unfortunately, the first turn off is the entrance to the truck stop. The roundabout road is only two lanes wide. More than once I've seen trucks have to take the second turn to the visitors center, and double back at the exit end of the rest stop parking and turn back to the truck stop so they could make the turn, and blocking both lanes while they come around the circle. It's at least 100' diameter too small, and should be two wide lanes, not two normal ones. Sometimes engineers aren't even as smart as AI suggestions.
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Keep complaining and they will put in a roundabout. If you want to watch stupid happening live, sit near one of those and try not to laugh.
I was stationed at FT Clayton for 36 months and FT Gulick for 27 months. Id much rather drive downtown Colon than Panama city anytime!
I don't mind the roundabouts. Or as they used to be called traffic circles. Although NY got a little crazy with them a few yrs ago. Rt 240 (Harlem Rd) runs parallel to the 290 and 90 in Buffalo area. During rush hr people use it to avoid expressway traffic. There are now a bunch of roundabouts. At one point you enter a roundabout and exit it into another roundabout lol. Only in NY.
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Traffic circles/roundabouts are cheaper than traffic signals, per our DMV folks. They're also supposed to improve traffic flow. But that's if the drivers know how to navigate them. And they don't.
Also, if the things must be properly sited and designed. They stuck one in a busy local road but the main approaches were impacted by Federal Park land. Instead of (wisely) using eminent domain to take land from the other side, traffic significantly veers both entering and leaving for the main road. The thing's also too small to safely accommodate the truck traffic.
Also, if the things must be properly sited and designed. They stuck one in a busy local road but the main approaches were impacted by Federal Park land. Instead of (wisely) using eminent domain to take land from the other side, traffic significantly veers both entering and leaving for the main road. The thing's also too small to safely accommodate the truck traffic.
We have a area off the Northway in NYs (I 87 exit 12) that has so many roundies put in that many of us call it Vertigo road!
