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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I agree with others who have said on this same subject, one lane RABs in TV would be the answer. No chance for T-bone accidents and the RABs would be safer to navigate. Everyone takes their turn entering and exiting would be a breeze because there would be no other cars to deal with.
The argument for one lane only RABs is that would slow the traffic in heavily traveled areas. Personally, I would rather deal with the additional wait time to enter a RAB than to have accidents happen because folks are unaware of how to navigate the RABs.
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OK, let's assume we have one lane roundabouts. You would either have to create a merge situation on roads to reduce the traffic to one lane entering the roundabout. Now try to get onto Morse from Stillwater, or Odell, during the high season. It's bad enough with two lane roundabouts. You say that you wouldn't mind extra wait time entering the roundabout, but that supposes you are already on the main road. For people entering from a secondary road, it will become next to impossible to enter which will affect even getting out of your neighborhood side streets. Now, what are the paramedics going to do with traffic backed up like that?
Or, instead of a merge on Morse (or Buena Vista) you have two lanes of traffic entering the one lane roundabout. Who goes first, left lane of right lane? Or do they get out of their cars and duke it out? And, with the high flow of traffic in the one lane roundabout, when do they even get a chance to enter?
The roundabouts are here to stay as they are presently constructed. The design was a requirement in order to build TV as it is. All studies have shown roundabouts to be safer than regular intersections. The problem isn't the roundabout, or its design, its the people who can't seem to understand the signs or just don't care.