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Originally Posted by Marathon Man
It's about understanding the proper way to navigate through a two-lane roundabout. When everyone does it correctly, it is not a crap shoot.
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The problem IS that everyone does NOT know how to navigate a roundabout correctly. And REALLY I don't expect everyone to do it perfectly........the roundabouts are accidents WAITING TO HAPPEN. There are 2 possible solutions - 1) Eliminate roundabouts and replace them with traffic lights. Some will say, that is TOO expensive. I would say that ONLY one accident with hospitalizations would make the traffic lights worthwhile. Also, all those sight-blocking landscaping and landscaping costs could be eliminated. 2) Merge the 2-lane traffic BEFORE the roundabout and have ONLY one lane inside the roundabout. Every driver in the US knows how to merge from 2 lanes to one lane. Some would say that it would SLOW down traffic. To that, I would say, "So what? We are mostly ALL retired." Also, traffic MAY ? move even faster because there will NOT BE any CONFUSION by a driver once inside the roundabout. I would be interested in a study comparing the time advantage or disadvantage of a 2-lane roundabout versus a 1-lane roundabout.