Report: Roundabouts proliferating in America, drivers confused
11-29-10, 01:18 PM
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I personally do not like them. They have one on Long Beach that I avoid at all costs because:
1. People don't know how to use it. I've seen so many near misses and I've actually been hit once when someone didn't yield. I know drivers need to be better educated about them but I'm not holding my breath on that.
2. Ricers love to drive around it at a high rate speed trying to drift.
1. People don't know how to use it. I've seen so many near misses and I've actually been hit once when someone didn't yield. I know drivers need to be better educated about them but I'm not holding my breath on that.
2. Ricers love to drive around it at a high rate speed trying to drift.
11-29-10, 03:04 PM
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I personally do not like them. They have one on Long Beach that I avoid at all costs because:
1. People don't know how to use it. I've seen so many near misses and I've actually been hit once when someone didn't yield. I know drivers need to be better educated about them but I'm not holding my breath on that.
2. Ricers love to drive around it at a high rate speed trying to drift.
1. People don't know how to use it. I've seen so many near misses and I've actually been hit once when someone didn't yield. I know drivers need to be better educated about them but I'm not holding my breath on that.
2. Ricers love to drive around it at a high rate speed trying to drift.
If you care to read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout
11-29-10, 05:39 PM
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I find them less irritating, though, than speed bumps. Almost nothing else, on the road, p***es me off more than speed bumps, DO NOT ENTER signs, and neighborhood side-street barricades. You simply can't get away from them anymore...they pop up everywhere.
You don't have to be a speed freak, either (and I'm not one) to despise speed bumps. Just going over them at 5 MPH or under (or the 10-15 MPH speed-humps).....and the constant wear on the brakes and transmission....is a PITA.
You don't have to be a speed freak, either (and I'm not one) to despise speed bumps. Just going over them at 5 MPH or under (or the 10-15 MPH speed-humps).....and the constant wear on the brakes and transmission....is a PITA.
11-29-10, 06:07 PM
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They have been getting rid of them in RI although there are still a couple left.
I always enjoy doing a few laps around Carrier Circle in Syracuse everytime I'm in upstate NY
I always enjoy doing a few laps around Carrier Circle in Syracuse everytime I'm in upstate NY
11-29-10, 06:23 PM
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having grown up in england i'm a big fan of roundabouts. they don't slow down traffic when it's light and they give minor road users a chance to cross or turn onto major roads without waiting for annoying lights.
however, a giant problem that some 'traffic circles' in nj had when i used to drive there were that they gave right of way to people ENTERING the circle, and made those already ON the cirle YIELD to those entering. that was the stupidest thing ever.
exactly. 
despite challenges educating the public and the ludicrously simple driving test in the u.s., i would still prefer roundabouts to traffic lights where i also see tons of accidents!
hahaha, you haven't seen aggressive until you've seen roundabouts in central london, paris, or rome!
however, a giant problem that some 'traffic circles' in nj had when i used to drive there were that they gave right of way to people ENTERING the circle, and made those already ON the cirle YIELD to those entering. that was the stupidest thing ever.
As anyone who has lived where local government geniuses have installed a roundabout knows, they're a terrible idea because people simply can't wrap their heads around them. In one city I lived in, even some 3-5 years after they started changing some intersections to rotaries, I would still see near-accidents or nearly get into accidents myself almost every time I went through them because people just can't figure out how to yield, can't figure out which lane to be in for the exit they need, or just plain can't figure out how to stay in their lanes in the rotary.
In many areas, local governments have gone way overboard in terms of directing drivers and I'm convinced that's why drivers have so much trouble any time they have to actually make decisions for themselves.
In many areas, local governments have gone way overboard in terms of directing drivers and I'm convinced that's why drivers have so much trouble any time they have to actually make decisions for themselves.
11-29-10, 06:31 PM
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Central London.. like this
European Vacation - Roundabout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgX6qlJEMc
European Vacation - Roundabout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgX6qlJEMc
Last edited by TripleL; 11-29-10 at 06:47 PM.
11-30-10, 11:05 AM
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This is my favourite; Swindon's "Magic Roundabout" - featuring 4 mini-roundabouts around one large one. You go clockwise round the mini-roundabouts and anti-clockwise around the large one:
Well it works in theory, although I have heard a couple of Japanese tourists were going round it for 4 days before being helicopter rescued..
Well it works in theory, although I have heard a couple of Japanese tourists were going round it for 4 days before being helicopter rescued..
11-30-10, 11:38 AM
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Central London.. like this
European Vacation - Roundabout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgX6qlJEMc
European Vacation - Roundabout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgX6qlJEMc
11-30-10, 05:12 PM
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Respectfully, New Jersey should be getting rid of people's drivers licenses rather than traffic rounds.