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Originally Posted by Marathon Man
I completely disagree. For one thing, suggesting something that will never be implemented is not the best way. The best way is for everyone to take about three minutes of their time and learn the proper way to navigate a two lane roundabout. It's not rocket science. But it seems that too many folks would rather complain about their existence rather than learning to drive properly in them.
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Again - this requires that everyone care about learning it. That everyone seek out instructions to learn it. That everyone be able to comprehend what they've learned, when they learn it. That everyone be capable of carrying out the instructions that they've learned once they've learned it. That everyone NOT be distracted while attempting to carry out those instructions.
This includes "the other guy" and "the people on the bicycles" and "the golf carts who share the exit while crossing it on the outside perimeter of the circle." And of course, it includes you.
The only way this can happen is if EVERYONE knows, cares, and follows the rules. Unfortunately you get random person who doesn't live anywhere near the villages, needing to drive down Morse Boulevard for whatever reason one day, having no idea that a traffic circle is even coming up, let alone how to navigate it.
You get ONE of those people - and you have an accident.
You get ONE person who has decided that putting a "street legal" sign on the back of a non-street legal golf cart gives them the right to drive on the traffic circles on the outside lane while attempting to make a three-exit turn.
You get ONE person who forgets to look in his mirror while riding his bike around the circle from the outside lane.
You get ONE person whose phone rings just as they're entering the circle, and they decide to answer the phone instead of paying attention to what they're doing.
There are dozens of possibilities of "that one person" doing something that everyone else doesn't expect. That's why "everyone should just learn the rules" is a ridiculous, unreasonable, and unrealistic expectation.