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Originally Posted by Cathy H
Last year they added signs to depict how to use lanes in the circle, & in some circles they have striped 2 lanes to one, but there is no hope here. The circles are designed for low speed & low traffic volume, but too many cars going too fast are causing lots of fender benders. Eventually we will need speed bumps, signals and neighborhood watch agents with flags to reduce the carnage.
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In which case we will ALL be using 301 and 441 exclusively! Seriously, I see far more people not following the rules at roundabouts than I do at stop signs and traffic lights. For every accident reported at a signaled intersection, I could report three at the St. James gate roundabout alone. It's a constant problem.
Maybe the statistics say that roundabouts are safer, but I don't think it holds true here. And I rarely encounter a roundabout on Buena Vista or Morse during the day that I don't have to stop due to the flow of traffic, so I don't see where they're easing the traffic backup all that much. JMO. I'd feel safer with stop signs and traffic signals.