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Roundabouts don't kill cyclists, unobservant drivers kill cyclists. They kill cyclists on the straight and at intersections too. Don't blame the roundabout for

• nl 11y ago
  That's correct of course. However, roundabouts increase the risk enormously. I assume you read the stats in my links? 49% of crashes at roundabouts involved cyclists It specifically addresses the "look but didn't see" problem, and how the Australian design makes that worse: Herslund & Jørgensen videoed cars and cyclists at roundabouts and noted that bicycles are often located in drivers’ peripheral vision. They suggest that experienced drivers use fast search strategies such as concentrating on where cars usually are, so may be more prone to LBFTS collisions than less experienced drivers.