This little test doesn't take into consideration that a lot of people don't know the rules of the four way stop nor the round-a-bout. I don't know how many times I've stopped at a stop sign here at the same time as another car to my right and the other driver just sits there and looks at me. They clearly have the right of way, but don't seem to understand that. Then when I finally decide to proceed because it's obvious that they're not going to, they begin to move. I stop again and they stop again. After a few more of these, one of us goes and the one who should have went first curses me out.
Yes, and many people don't know the rules at our round-a-bouts. I have had many people continue past the second exit in the right hand lane and I've even seen a few go all the way back around in the outside lane. You just have to be careful and expect the unexpected.
The round-a-bout in this test doesn't have two lanes and all the drivers in both tests seem to know the rules.
Funny thing is, that even though this test show them to be more efficient, there's a move in Massachusetts to get rid of their "rotaries" or "circles" as most people call them
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