[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Velvet

They’re supposed to be safer, huh? My impression is some people get on them, close their eyes and hope nobody hits them, that they might get home in one piece tonight... maybe it just looks that way.

You and your husband's "impressions"...are correct.

Although some like to talk about "the rules" when negotiating them and tout their knowledge about how they are supposed to be navigated, in reality...the roundabouts ARE a bit of a free-for-all.

Here's an old thread showing how a lot of our roundabouts are actually different...with different signage/instructions.

Roundabout about roundabouts (use clicker here )

What helps though, is the slower speeds of our main roads and traveling in the same direction while in the RA itself, which means the higher speed 'T-Bone collisions' along with 'head-on's (the most dangerous types)...are minimized.