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In the US, sometimes it's the driver's fault, sometimes the roundabout is put in a nonsensical location and is actually confusing. I think they're just trying t
by hot_gril 3y ago
In the US, sometimes it's the driver's fault, sometimes the roundabout is put in a nonsensical location and is actually confusing. I think they're just trying to be fancy in those cases.
Like here's one I still remember from living in Mountain View. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3911031,-122.0805526,3a,75y,11.93h,87.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4kox0YgjzE_rNgbDfCjYyA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3911031,-122.0805526,3a,75y,... Roundabout with straight/left traffic lights (not the right turn lights sometimes seen on large roundabouts in Europe), an oxymoron. Someone drives through a green as usual and bam, hit by someone still clearing the roundabout. Is right on red legal here too? Extra islands also add to the confusion, making people U-turn wrongly. Lots of foot traffic and peds don't know when to safely walk in this situation. Having tons of signs there just adds to the overload.
Two-way stop signs with a roundabout. Who has right of way here? "CROSS TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP," but roundabout normally means to yield to whoever's already in it: https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B023'14.3%22N+122%C2%B004'49.0%22W/@37.387304,-122.0809327,315m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d37.387304!4d-122.080289?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B023'14.3%22N+122%C2... Can they just remove the crap in the middle?
Or most commonly, zero stop signs but the roundabout is so tiny that it's unclear whether or not two cars can safely use it at the same time.
- hot_gril 3y agooh wanted to put a tldr in other comment but I can't delete this one now