EV List Lackey wrote: > On 1 Feb 2022 at 22:01, jim--- via EV wrote: > > > Absolutely hate traffic circles... > > They work fine if there is very low traffic, but if there is lots of > > traffic, they are horrible... > > I hear that from a lot of folks. > > I've done some driving in France where roundabouts are very common. > Most significant rural 2-lane highways interchange through them, and > they're rapidly appearing in towns. For me, they took some getting used > to, but after a while I got more comfortable with them.
Roundabouts are also quite common in the UK and seem to work very well once you are used to them. Small ones, apparently known as "pimples" where two minor streets cross can be driven across (though I'm not sure this is actually legal) if one is continuing straight through the intersection when there isn't other traffic. Large ones with multiple lanes take more getting used to. Upon entering, one remains in the outside lane if intending to exit at the next opportunity, otherwise one moves to the inside lane and then changes to the outside lane as they approach their desired exit. In heavy traffic this can be a bit tricky for those of us unfamiliar with traffic circles, and result in making a lap or two more than intended around the traffic circle before timing the lane change successfully to make our exit! ;^> The rules for a traffic circle are, however, much simpler than for a 4-way stop and given how many people appear unsure of the 4-way stop procedure it seems very likely that a traffic circle would ultimately be safer as well as promoting better traffic flow. Roger. _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
