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Originally Posted by Serenoa
They are much more common in the UK, and that's why there are fewer problems. I'm 59 years old, and until we visited TV last December I had NEVER been on a roundabout before......and over the years I've lived and/or traveled around much of the U.S. Had never encountered one anywhere.
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I now live in Alberta, Canada. The local municipality constructed a roundabout on the intersection of two busy highways last fall. Before it was completed I heard nothing but grumbling and even when it opened the grumbling continued. But, the complaints only lasted for a few weeks. Now, I hear comments like "it really speeds things up", "there is better traffic flow" and "why didn't they think of this before?"
My son, who was perhaps one of the biggest opponents, now freely says he likes the roundabout and only wishes there were more of them.
Needless to say, I like them, providing everyone is using them properly.