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"From personal experience you can easily navigate a roundabout at 35+ mph." If a roundabout is small enough, you can't. I have seen many small roundabouts thro
by kbart 9y ago
"From personal experience you can easily navigate a roundabout at 35+ mph."
If a roundabout is small enough, you can't. I have seen many small roundabouts throughout Europe that you cannot navigate without swerving faster than 20-30 km/h (which is assumed safe speed for pedestrian).
- thirdsun 9y agoPlus, at least in my region there always seems to be some sort of obstacle blocking sight in the center of larger roundabouts. Maybe it's just a convenient place for memorials, statues, etc., but I can't help but think that slowing down drivers is at least a welcome side effect.
- pxndx 9y agoThe obstacles are intentional. Blocking sight forces people to slow down.