All it takes is one idiot in the circle, what you call roundabouts, and it screws up the whole mess. Unfortunately, more often than not you will find one of those idiots.
They recently put several circles up near my house. I hate them.
. The funny thing was when they first built them they screwed up and did not make them big enough for School buses to fit through so they had to re do them. DumbA@#es. That is our tax dollars at work. 
My state is convinced this is the way they want to go. They did not just put up one. They put up four within a 15 mile radius. They don't care what problems it causes. Their way or the highway, pun intended
You'll get used to them.
They can offer a real advantage or they can clog up the traffic, it all depends on the situation. If the planners do their job well you'll learn to love them.
Time will tell.They people where I live mostly cannot drive, so I doubt that.
If people cannot drive then it's not the fault of the rounabouts now is it.
But the circles make it impossible to get away from them. And make things much, much worse.
I prefer inches to millimeters. I prefer regular 4 way intersections to circles. I am an American girl. Most other Americans feel the same way.
The infrastructure simply isn't in place for bicycle traffic. "Sharing the road" really isn't an option here. Sure there are bike lanes on a couple roads in a couple cities, but they are pretty useless for the most part. There's one right by my house that runs a couple blocks on a road and then ends. Then there's the weather. Riding a bike all year long simply isn't an option for a good portion of the country. The rain and cold are bad enough but the snow is a deal breaker.
I'd love to be able to walk or ride a bike to the big grocery store nearby but it's literally impossible because it's accessible only via a super highway -- and I mean SUPER! There are on-ramps and off-ramps on this thing. There is no sidewalk.
This is America. We don't have the idyll pleasure of living in windmills, wearing hand carved shoes and peddling into the village center to get a quart of fresh "squeezed" milk on a daily basis.
Too true!
The infrastructure simply isn't in place for bicycle traffic. "Sharing the road" really isn't an option here. Sure there are bike lanes on a couple roads in a couple cities, but they are pretty useless for the most part. There's one right by my house that runs a couple blocks on a road and then ends. Then there's the weather. Riding a bike all year long simply isn't an option for a good portion of the country. The rain and cold are bad enough but the snow is a deal breaker.
I'd love to be able to walk or ride a bike to the big grocery store nearby but it's literally impossible because it's accessible only via a super highway -- and I mean SUPER! There are on-ramps and off-ramps on this thing. There is no sidewalk.
This is America. We don't have the idyll pleasure of living in windmills, wearing hand carved shoes and peddling into the village center to get a quart of fresh "squeezed" milk on a daily basis.
If people cannot drive then it's not the fault of the roundabouts now is it.
If you were REALLY bold you'd walk to that grocery store over the highway. If people started honking their horns you'd just flip them the bird. Then if they really got mad you'd open your fly and piss on their car.
Mathematically?
Yes, I see.
1 circle + 1 idiot driver+ 3 regular drivers= 1 Big frakin Mess enough to make you get road rage and want to rip your hair out.
That kind of Math Bud?
First Camelot now this, Holy Crap Shaved, that is two things in a row you and I agree about. :icon_eek:
