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Originally Posted by Byte1
Once again, the best way to make sure EVERYONE agrees on how to handle a circle/round about is to make them ALL one lane. Sure it slows everyone down, but it also makes everyone safer. Every rule, other than those pertaining to circles state that you don't make a right turn from a left lane, in front of a vehicle traveling straight or a left turn from the right lane in front of a vehicle traveling traveling straight. This totally makes the rules of the road contradictory, unsafe and difficult for out of towners that may have never traveled through intersections with RABs. Logic (and normal rules of the road) would dictate that the person on the outside lane in a circle would ALWAYS have the right of way and that anyone in the left lane, wishing to make a right turn would have to move over to the right lane well before making the turn. One sole lane in a circle would make the traffic slow down AND make it safer. Other than those taking a short cut through the Villages to avoid the lights on the highways, no one needs to be in a hurry in the Villages.
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There is some merit to that idea, but also some problems:
Besides the major road construction and the costs involved, at some point prior to the RB, 2 lanes would have to merge into one. We all know what happens at such merges with traffic getting backed up for ? how far. Also, there is no guarantee that those drivers that are too stupid to correctly navigate the existing RBs are smart enough to handle a merge. If one is going north on BV from 44 to 466 (about 5-6 miles), one would have to put up with this series of merges and single lane RBs 16 times. As far as " no one needs to be in a hurry in the Villages.", let's start with ambulances and fire trucks, then move on to those rushing someone to the hospital in a car and those with a "potty emergency". And then there is just the general premise that most people would rather be playing pickleball, or golf, or watch a show than be stuck in traffic because RBs were redesigned to cater to the lowest common denominator of driving skill.