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Roundabouts are awesome (for cars), when the intersection was designed and has space for it. Retrofitting them into intersections often doen't work. They do it
by WillPostForFood 5y ago
Roundabouts are awesome (for cars), when the intersection was designed and has space for it. Retrofitting them into intersections often doen't work. They do it a lot in my city in smaller residential intersections. They can be so tight that the turning radius of a mid-large size car or SUV won't allow circumnavigation. People drive over the center, and still make left turns because it is so hard to get around.
- netr0ute 5y agoWhere I am, they fix the "drive over the center" problem by making it a giant concrete barrier so you can't drive over the center unless you have a monster truck.
- Isthatablackgsd 5y agoThere is one in my city and it is in popular shopping center, so it get a heavy usage out of it. In the center, there is trees and rocks as decorations and designed to prevent anyone from driving over the center. There is other city that have a small (1-lane) roundabout, the center is protected with chain "rope-like" barrier with the sign to drive right.
- FireBeyond 5y agoParamedic here. Have been called to more than one MVA where your regular sedan has successfully "climbed" a 20" vertical concrete raised center of a roundabout. Energy and inertia is a powerful thing!
- alistairSH 5y agoIn that use case, the goal is simply a rule for determining right-of-way. Doesn't really matter if they drive over the center as long as they wait their turn to do so.
- drra 5y agoMy friend crashed through the center of recently retrofired roundabout and took flying for a few meters. The policeman was very happy since he won a bet that it'll take less than 3 days for the first car flying.