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Old 01-24-2008, 04:24 PM
fiddlemyre fiddlemyre is offline
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Default Re: Scary Roundabout Story

For a carefully planned community,The Village roundabouts are an accident waiting to happen. It amazes me that this design flaw continues from one year to the next without correction. The phone book assumes that everyone understands all the rules and abides by them. This is not the case. The main problem is aggressive drivers enter from the left lane, continue to be overly aggressive and pull in front of the car in the right lane without looking. The burden of safety is strictly on the innocent driver in the right lane when the other car pulls in front to exit. Sad to say everyone thinks they are right. The solution to the problem is that given their small size, only allow one lane of traffic to enter circle. There is absolutely no need for the left lane other than to accommodate trucks. Minnesota and Wisconsin have solved this problem by making the inner lane tapered towards the inside and providing a brick or rubble surface finish. Result zero accidents, everyone gets the message.