Originally Posted by
goraman
I live in Roseville Ca. in the U.S. and in the heart of old Roseville we moved from a 4 way stop with left and right turn lanes with stop signs to a round about.
Never having used one for the longest time my butt would clinch as I approached it. I had not used one before and it just made me feel like a fish out of water.
I was used to the madness of people running the stop signs at times or going out of turn ect..
I have been going through this now for awhile taking Conner to play or practice Baseball and just the other day I was going around and thought " hay, I do this with out even thinking about it now ".
I know there are some in France but it made me think, No one is racing lights or rolling stop signs,no broken glass from accidents, You have to yield but not necessarily stop so it is faster ,keeps traffic moving.
And you have to slow down to use itso if you do make a mistake you have time to avoid an accident. Why are they so rare here ,when they seem to work so well?
Has anyone come to a U.S.city and had to drive and thought why so many 4 ways and felt uncomfortable with our right of way laws? and thought madness?
I'm just curious how other countries view driving here. aside from the fact so many of you drive on the wrong side of the road
Perhaps the US didn't adopt roundabouts due to American cars' inability to go round corners And that may be different with modern cars.
A lot of the larger roundabouts in Britain now also use traffic lights - vehicles could get up a fair lick of speed on those roundabouts, and some used them like mini racing circuits. You took your life in your own hands when joining them sometimes. The added traffic lights, when phased a certain way, put a stop to this.
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