Walkers in a Roundabout - accident waiting to happen!
Today as I went west on Odell to Buena Vista (at Seabreeze) I saw some dangerous behavior. As I came 3/4 of the way around the roundabout to go left (south) on Buena Vista, as I came around the final section of the curve, at the opening of my inner lane to exit the roundabout, there were two woman walking IN the roundabout. They were not visible to me before getting close to them because of the shrubbery etc. in the circle's island, and I had to hit the brakes to avoid hitting them. They were taking their time walking in this roundabout lane, too.
Were the tunnels not built for multi-modal use and crossing, by walkers?? They were walking in roundabout lanes when they could have used the tunnels to cross where it's not even safe or allowed for golf carts with motor power to cross Buena Vista. They seemed oblivious to the dangers they were causing themselves and drivers.
Roundabouts are built to keep traffic flowing, not to have to stop because of pedestrians. It could have resulted in a pile-up of cars behind me, or worse, they could have been accidentally hit by a car, which I never want to have haunting me nor victims.
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