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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:59:05 -0700
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On 4/12/2024 12:26 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:50:35 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I was going to ask you - and the other Americans in this thread - if
>>> you're all starting to see roundabouts in your area the last few years?
>>> It's not that long ago that we had essentially none in all of southern
>>> Ontario. Now they seem to be the "go to" choice for lots of situations.
>>> I'm not sure why that happened but it's very common now.  I had
>>> understood that roundabouts are extremely rare in the US too but my
>>> friend is hearing that they are springing up all over in the US now.
>>> There was one in that video so maybe he's correct.
>>
>> 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 idea is that supposedly because of that uncertainty people will
> drive slower and thus limit the # of accidents and the severity of any
> accidents that do happen. Though for people like the cheerleader or
> someone who is drunk enough it won't do a thing to stop them.

I don't think that's it.  Tests have shown that a roundabout can handle 
more traffic than a four-way stop sign intersection.

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