[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by EdVinMass

Is that a collective groan I hear from the dual lane crowd?

No, I'm not groaning...just confused as to how I'm supposed to enter a RAB that is completely void of any cars. Maybe at 3AM it is possible to find a completely empty RAB but certainly not during the day.

[lightworker888]

I think the idea is to wait til there is sufficient time between your entering and the ones coming from the exit on the left or from around the RAB on the left. Because you are usually merging or coming from a stop, your speed will be less than those already in the RAB so you have to allow for that too. Yes, sometimes we have to wait for a break in the stream of cars, but as with a traffic light, there is always a break, at least when I've been down. I'll have to see if March means that my strategy doesn't work. I guess at first, I'll have to allow a bit more time to get to the different rec centers on time.

[applesoffh]

Moved here 1/23. We don't have roundabouts/traffic circles where we come from (that I know of) so this is all new to us. My husband follows directions as posted, and almost hit, on two different occasions, a guy on a bike and a car, both of which has crossed his path as he was getting out of the RAB and they were in the right lane (can you get the picture?). I don't like to drive in the first place, and these scare the hell out of me, quite frankly.

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by applesoffh

Moved here 1/23. We don't have roundabouts/traffic circles where we come from (that I know of) so this is all new to us. My husband follows directions as posted, and almost hit, on two different occasions, a guy on a bike and a car, both of which has crossed his path as he was getting out of the RAB and they were in the right lane (can you get the picture?). I don't like to drive in the first place, and these scare the hell out of me, quite frankly.

The hope of the county and residents is that the new signs will educate residents and visitors alike in the best/safest way to navigate the RABs. And things will get better and better. Thousands of cars drive these streets daily and it's not demolition derby out there.

However, from the posts you have read and your own experience, you can see there are some who just don't/won't get it. So, follow the rules, expect the other guy to not follow the rules, and drive defensively. You'll be fine.

[applesoffh]

Thank you...

[EdV]

In all modesty I consider myself somewhat of a roundabout connoisseur having endured one of the most diabolical roundabouts ever invented.

I posted this a year or two ago but it’s worth mentioning again. You see, back in the early 80’s I was assigned as project leader of a technology upgrade for a major UK retailer whose headquarters were based in Swindon UK. As such I spent a lot of time over there in the course of a year.

Swindon is most notable as the home of the infamous ‘Magic Roundabout’, a cluster of five roundabouts arranged around a contra-rotational hub which I had to traverse twice each day. Being a Yank, the whole ordeal was compounded by the Brits natty insistence on driving on the wrong side of the road.

This monster kept me up at night. Ladies and gentlemen, behold, the mother of all roundabouts!

[ilovetv]

Originally Posted by EdVinMass

In all modesty I consider myself somewhat of a roundabout connoisseur having endured one of the most diabolical roundabouts ever invented.

I posted this a year or two ago but it’s worth mentioning again. You see, back in the early 80’s I was assigned as project leader of a technology upgrade for a major UK retailer whose headquarters were based in Swindon UK. As such I spent a lot of time over there in the course of a year.

Swindon is most notable as the home of the infamous ‘Magic Roundabout’, a cluster of five roundabouts arranged around a contra-rotational hub which I had to traverse twice each day. Being a Yank, the whole ordeal was compounded by the Brits natty insistence on driving on the wrong side of the road.

This monster kept me up at night. Ladies and gentlemen, behold, the mother of all roundabouts!

I think I've hear that the term for that is a "clusterf____".

[lightworker888]

I can't even figure out the signs! Please explain. TV looks like kindergarten in comparison.



LW888

[Mikeod]

Ingenious, but scary. Yep, it makes these two lane RABs look like child's play. I though I'd seen a big RAB in Scotland where two motorways intersected at one RAB with two smaller highways also involved. And it was four lanes. But that one takes 1st prize.

[BobbyK]

We are in a Retirement Community why is everyone such a hurry,right or wrong or who thinks what SLOW DOWN you may not drive as good as use to.For everyone that are in a hurry all the time those red signs with the white letters mean STOP !!

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by BobbyK

We are in a Retirement Community why is everyone such a hurry,right or wrong or who thinks what SLOW DOWN you may not drive as good as use to.For everyone that are in a hurry all the time those red signs with the white letters mean STOP !!

Just to clarify for newbies, RAB intersections don't have STOP signs.

[tghoul]

I had a friend who did his own survey last week. He was looking at cars traveling east on Stillwater approaching the Morse Blvd round about. In a 30 minute span he counted 27 cars in the right lane of the circle make a 3/4 turn to head north on Morse. He figured they wanted to be in the right lane of Morse so they could avoid the next round about. He didn't see any fender benders but there were a couple of close misses when cars in the left lane continued straight on Stillwater into the Village of Caroline.

[cappyjon431]

Originally Posted by EdVinMass

In all modesty I consider myself somewhat of a roundabout connoisseur having endured one of the most diabolical roundabouts ever invented.

I posted this a year or two ago but it’s worth mentioning again. You see, back in the early 80’s I was assigned as project leader of a technology upgrade for a major UK retailer whose headquarters were based in Swindon UK. As such I spent a lot of time over there in the course of a year.

Swindon is most notable as the home of the infamous ‘Magic Roundabout’, a cluster of five roundabouts arranged around a contra-rotational hub which I had to traverse twice each day. Being a Yank, the whole ordeal was compounded by the Brits natty insistence on driving on the wrong side of the road.

This monster kept me up at night. Ladies and gentlemen, behold, the mother of all roundabouts!

Wow, that one gives me a headache just thinking about it. I grew up with a two lane circle only two blocks from my home, so that is probably why the TV roundabouts don't bother me.

This is what that one looks like:

De Soto Fountain · HistoryMiami

"Only eight blocks long, DeSoto Boulevard connects the historic Biltmore Hotel with Biltmore Way, leading into downtown Coral Gables.
Bisecting this gently curving scenic road through the upscale residential area where the boulevards of De Soto and Granada intersect with Sevilla Avenue, a traffic circle plaza decorated with a majestic fountain is accented by colorful flowers and tall palms."

Makes me miss home thinking about it. My parents still live there (they say they are too young to live in TV).

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by tghoul

I had a friend who did his own survey last week. He was looking at cars traveling east on Stillwater approaching the Morse Blvd round about. In a 30 minute span he counted 27 cars in the right lane of the circle make a 3/4 turn to head north on Morse. He figured they wanted to be in the right lane of Morse so they could avoid the next round about. He didn't see any fender benders but there were a couple of close misses when cars in the left lane continued straight on Stillwater into the Village of Caroline.

I tried a couple of times to use the inner lane of that RAB to make the left turn onto Morse from Stillwater. I felt it was so unsafe to have to get into the right lane so quickly in order to use the bypass to the next RAB at LSL.

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

I tried a couple of times to use the inner lane of that RAB to make the left turn onto Morse from Stillwater. I felt it was so unsafe to have to get into the right lane so quickly in order to use the bypass to the next RAB at LSL.

But if you feel you can't safely merge into the right lane to use the bypass, just continue to the RAB at LSL and continue on Morse. It is far more dangerous to stay in the outside lane of a RAB and go 3/4 around than to continue through the Morse RAB at LSL.