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On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 06:37:31 +0000, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>On Apr 12, 2024 at 10:27:01 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:24:59 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>>>  Yes, they'??re springing up like tumbleweeds. Usually for a stupid reason.
>>>>>  Like a cheerleader barreled through an intersection at three times the
>>>>>  speed limit so they decided they should put roundabout in there. She
>>>>>  wouldn't have noticed that anymore than she would'??ve noticed the stop sign
>>>>>  so she would'??ve just hit it and landed on somebody else.
>>>>>  
>>>>>  They don'??t have any signage, and nobody knows who has the right of way and
>>>>>  so basically they'??re freaking dangerous.
>>>>>  
>>>>  The vehicle in the round part has the right of way.
>> 
>> Fair enough but what if there are 2 lanes in the round-about?
>> 
>> (If you are driving S from the Canadian border towards I-5 near
>> Bellingham, WA (S of Vancouver) you will encounter at least 6
>> roundabouts including one 2-lane version so I wasn't asking a snarky
>> question)
>
>We have the mother of all roundabouts in Long Beach. It's a series of nested
>roundabouts that you need a PH.d to figure out:
>
>https://ibb.co/gVq04rw
>

How many people have passed away from getting stuck in that mess?
I don't know how/why the traffic designers ever thought that would be
a good idea.