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Have a roundabout instead. Easy, safer, and less traffic jams. Seems objectively superior to me.
by girvo 9y ago
Have a roundabout instead. Easy, safer, and less traffic jams. Seems objectively superior to me.
- klodolph 9y agoAre you just conveniently omitting the fact that roundabouts are more expensive and require more land, which may already be used by something else?
- mnw21cam 9y agoThat is why mini-roundabouts were invented.
- klodolph 9y agoAmerica doesn't really have those... they would be as alien and confusing as a four-way stop in Europe. I can't imagine it not being dangerous.
- dagw 9y agothey would be as alien and confusing as a four-way stop in Europe For the first year or two perhaps, but I wonder if the long term pay-offs might be worth it.
- Zach_the_Lizard 9y agoYou can find a few of these small roundabouts in Arlington, VA. There don't seem to be issues with them
- howard941 9y agoI was surprised by three new mini traffic circles in Florida on a new road extension. The approaches are embellished with speed bumps. The bumps took away all enthusiasm for the thing. (Cattlemen Rd in Sarasota)
- mariojv 9y agoThey exist in some parts of New England and in a few shopping centers in Texas. You're right about them confusing motorists though. New Englanders generally understand what to do, but I've seen many Texans just stop in the middle of the roundabout for no good reason. Maybe if more were built behavior would change.