[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by ScottRAB

Modern roundabouts are the safest form of intersection in the world (much more so than comparable signals). Visit Highway safety topics for modern roundabout FAQs and safety facts. Modern roundabouts, and the pedestrian refuge islands approaching them, are two of nine proven safety measures identified by the FHWA, Proven Safety Countermeasures - Safety | Federal Highway Administration
The FHWA has a video about modern roundabouts on Youtube, or check out the IIHS video (iihs dot org).

The Case for More Traffic Roundabouts

Here’s a quote:
“By 2025, a quarter of all drivers in the United States will be over the age of 65. Intersections are the single most dangerous traffic environment for drivers of any age with left-hand turns being the single most dangerous traffic maneuver that any of us can make. Forty percent of all crashes that involve drivers over the age of 65 occur at intersections. This is nearly twice the rate of experienced younger drivers. AARP would like to see more roundabouts constructed because of the many safety benefits that they present for drivers of all ages.” - Jana Lynott, AARP Public Policy Institute

I'm not at all surprised by this. When you look at the accidents that we have in The Villages they all seem to be at the intersections of Morse and 466, Morse and Buena Vista, Morse and 466a and Buena Vista and 466a. Very seldom do we read about accidents in the round abouts.

I saw one yesterday and I think it might have been the first one I've seen in my 44 plus months here. Some one tried to exit the round about through another car. Is that the fault of the round about? I don't understand how a driver can make a right hand turn with a car on his right side. Bad drivers will cause accidents whether in a round about or a straight road.