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Old 02-22-2010, 04:05 PM
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Round and round and round we go,
Till we don't know what we've got 'til it's gone
  • Communities with 80,000 people experience accidents
  • Intersections tend to have more accidents and more accidents with injuries than roundabouts, according to numerous sources. (Here are a couple
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout#Safety
    http://www.dot.state.wi.us/library/p...oundabouts.pdf
  • Roundabouts are aesthetically appealing and contribute positively to the ambience of TV.
  • Traffic lights are ugly, cause traffic congestion and polution and would (IMO) diminish the beauty and ambience of TV if not, as a result, the property values.
  • If the roundabouts were replaced with traffic lights, I suspect we'd be reading more about accidents with injuries inside TV.
Pave Lower Paradise
And put up traffic lights