Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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.............and there is a classic example of the problem!
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It helped one of my visitors explaining to treat the roundabout like a two lane street.
Yield to traffic in the roundabout. No left turn from the right lane. No right turn from the left lane. Expect the unexpected... |
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And how do the two cars entering from two lanes proceed?
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Good grief. With all the hand wringing and pear clutching, one would think that there's an accident every day in the roundabouts. Fact is, there are more accidents at traffic lights in TV, 2 deadly ones within the last few months.
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With a little help GOOGLE
While roundabouts may have more fans in Europe, they're actually rooted in the United States. The basic shape goes all the way back to the 1790s, when architect and engineer Pierre L'Enfant proposed a number of circular intersections in Washington, D.C.'s street layout, including the famous Dupont Circle [source: Waddell]. American businessman William Eno revived the form in 1905 for New York City's Columbus Circle, widely considered the country's first circular intersection designed for the automobile era [source: FHWA, "Roundabouts: An Informational Guide"]. |
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There is no shoulder space on either side and the curbs are vertical. Other places have shoulder pavement. Off topic: How many people have been killed in golf carts that flip when hitting the vertical curbs? |
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BTW if you enjoy reading about round-a-bouts, do a search there are hundreds of posts by Village experts. Repeated over and over!
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You might want to look into that. Exiting car has the right of way.
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Not true. The older signs in the more northern parts of the Villages have signs that don't show proper lane use but instead just show the street names. |
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John Stossel did an interesting piece on them a few years back... https://youtu.be/QQ0pnCx76Nk
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Amen to this! Thank you! 🤗
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Think of the problem when the two lane road becomes one lane as it enters the roundabout.
Treat the roundabouts like any two lane intersection. Do you ever turn right from the left lane? |
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