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Originally Posted by Bonanza
Yes, I'm one of those people!
The circles are a hazard because everyone drives them differently and they are too small in diameter for the purpose they were designed to handle.
Or were they simply put in as eye candy for would-be buyers to say how beautiful they are???
Did you have all these circles where you came from? No! No one did.
You had traffic lights and stop signs.
Were they a problem?
I'm sure not, with perhaps an issue or two here and there which could happen anywhere.
The truth of the matter is that the circles are a nightmare.
They do not control traffic; they only confuse and intimidate most driveers.
No one knows how to drive around them.
So why would stop signs be so terrible here when stop signs are what everyone that lives here is used to and probably what they grew up with their entire life.
Huh?
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I had traffic circles where I come from and they are very common in Europe. There have also been studies that show they are safer and more efficient than intersections. I know how to drive around them and most people that I observe while I'm driving seem to know how to drive around them as well. We're not a bunch of morons.
I would agree that if you're from a place that doesn't have round a bouts then it may take a few times driving in them to get used to it. In addition, when I came to pick up the keys for my house, a Villages representative went over the rules for driving in them. It's pretty simple.
Do you have any statistics on how many accidents occur in round a bouts in this community of over 100,000 residents?