sharlag
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I like my artsy with a little bit of fartsy.
Posts: 6,580
Location: Kansas
Jun 26, 2014 12:57:48 GMT
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Post by sharlag on Aug 14, 2020 2:47:40 GMT
I think they’re fun.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Aug 14, 2020 2:54:45 GMT
Nope! No one understands them and they just run through. We've also got some kind of figure 8 shit coming off the freeway that makes me want to surrender my divers license, because of the people driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Post by KikiPea on Aug 14, 2020 2:54:57 GMT
They are okay. Better than having to stop, but they are new in my area and a lot of people can’t figure them out. It’s gotten a little better, but some are still learning. It makes me a little nervous.
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Post by katlady on Aug 14, 2020 2:57:44 GMT
We have a few here, very few. That is the problem. People don't know how to drive through them. Many drivers don't realize the car already in the roundabout has the right of way. I've almost gotten hit in one because someone from a side street came right into the roundabout without stopping. I voted for a good old 4-way stop.
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Post by alexa11 on Aug 14, 2020 2:59:38 GMT
We have 3, I think and I absolutely despise them!
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Post by stingfan on Aug 14, 2020 2:59:52 GMT
They bug me. Especially the ones that are for 'traffic calming'.
I think they're dangerous, too. There are too many difference places where you have to check for traffic.
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Post by tommygirl on Aug 14, 2020 3:01:56 GMT
Love the traffic roundabouts that are one or two lanes around. We have one nearby that is several lanes thick and it is confusing if you aren't familiar with it.
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Post by Alexxussss on Aug 14, 2020 3:04:23 GMT
I like them but most people don’t know how to navigate them.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Aug 14, 2020 3:04:53 GMT
Roundabouts are the true work of the devil, no matter what the Department of Transportation tries to tell you.
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Post by huskermom98 on Aug 14, 2020 3:05:17 GMT
They do serve a purpose, but I think some cities put them in strange places because they are the "new" thing (at least in the midwest...). It also depends on the size as there are some around here that are so small that I pretty much have to come to a complete stop to make the turn, I'm not sure how snowplows and fire trucks get thru them. I don't mind them for minor intersections, but I don't want them at major intersections.
They can be fun, but not when you have a fan full of flower arrangements and have to go thru 4 within a couple of miles!
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muggins
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Jul 30, 2017 3:38:57 GMT
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Post by muggins on Aug 14, 2020 3:07:37 GMT
They’re very common in the U.K. so I’m used to them. I’m surprised so many Americans don’t understand how to use them properly. The ones in my town are really basic and I still get nervous when I’m pulling out into one.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 14, 2020 3:08:33 GMT
Apparently you are supposedly to signal when you want to exit it. Ours are small and this seems stupid
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sassyangel
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Jun 26, 2014 23:58:32 GMT
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Post by sassyangel on Aug 14, 2020 3:15:02 GMT
I love roundabouts, we just got our first one in town here. I am used to them and I feel at home. They flow traffic so much better - used correctly.
So much better than the godawful 4 way stops, that are the bane of my life. Whether posted or unposted.
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sassyangel
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Jun 26, 2014 23:58:32 GMT
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Post by sassyangel on Aug 14, 2020 3:16:12 GMT
Apparently you are supposedly to signal when you want to exit it. Ours are small and this seems stupid You are, it’s so people giving way to you know you’re exiting and not going around further.
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Post by chaosisapony on Aug 14, 2020 3:16:13 GMT
I hate them. They give me massive anxiety and if I know there is one in town I will actively avoid that area. I don't think they are safe at all.
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Post by jlynnbarth on Aug 14, 2020 3:17:45 GMT
If the stupid city made the 2 lanes of the round about wide enough for 2 vehicles to actually be next to each other they might be ok, but heaven forbid you enter one with a semi in the next lane, you will get hit. The landscaped center area of one of our round-a-bouts has a "lane" through it because of this. It is freaking ridiculous! If they are going to build them, at least build them correctly, otherwise give me a light or 4 way stop any day.
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leeny
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Location: Northern California
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Jun 27, 2014 1:55:53 GMT
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Post by leeny on Aug 14, 2020 3:19:13 GMT
I like them but most people don’t know how to navigate them. This. We seem to be getting more in our area, though not sure how helpful they are.
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mimima
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Stay Gold, Ponyboy
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Jun 25, 2014 19:25:50 GMT
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Post by mimima on Aug 14, 2020 3:19:56 GMT
If people follow the rules - yield, not stop and use your blinker - they are great. Otherwise...
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 14, 2020 3:20:28 GMT
I'd rather have a roundabout than a 4 way stop.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Aug 14, 2020 3:27:07 GMT
Hell no!
Where I live many of them were put in, then a few months later...taken out. So many accidents. Each direction, thought they had the right of way and would go flying through them. Crash! Now many of those round about intersections have stop signs or traffic lights.
I hate driving through one, because the cars coming the other way usually don't slow down. I've almost been hit a couple times. I go the longer way around, to avoid the couple that are still in place.
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smginaz Suzy
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Jun 26, 2014 17:27:30 GMT
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Aug 14, 2020 3:27:53 GMT
Love them but they were common where I grew up in New England. I hate a traffic light. But I also like engineering feats like the figure 8, cloverleafs, and the diverging diamond overpasses. Wheeeee!
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milocat
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Location: 55 degrees north in Alberta, Canada
Mar 18, 2015 4:10:31 GMT
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Post by milocat on Aug 14, 2020 3:30:27 GMT
Ugg the city by me put in one i stead of a light at the bypass. There are more big trucks on the road than passenger vechiles and we have more months of snow than not. So the trucks take up all the room and the snow isn't cleared in both lanes making the roundabout not fully useful. Should have saved all their time and money and kept the 4 way stop if they weren't going to do a light.
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paget
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Jun 25, 2014 21:16:39 GMT
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Post by paget on Aug 14, 2020 3:30:28 GMT
I love them. We have quite a few in our area now so that helps with people understanding them. There is one in a neighboring city by a target and that one is horrible. People there frequently do not seem to understand it so you need to be very vigilant.
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Post by HelenaJole on Aug 14, 2020 3:45:44 GMT
We have a lot of smallish ones around and generally they are fine. I'm not crazy about the kind that have multiple lanes and you have to keep moving over. Especially when they're busy.
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Post by leannec on Aug 14, 2020 3:51:00 GMT
I like them when everyone knows how to use them
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Aug 14, 2020 3:54:31 GMT
I don't mind them at all, but knew how to navigate them from living overseas. There is a medium sized one between here and DD's apartment that I take frequently. My biggest problem has been the bike riders who seem to think all rules of the road do not apply to them and just go flying through without even slowing down. Many drivers don't realize the car already in the roundabout has the right of way. Back in the 80's, the first country I ever had to drive through roundabouts had different rules. If you were already in the roundabout, you had to yield to the drivers who were entering. Really made a mess of things for me when I got to the next country and the rules were totally different.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 14, 2020 4:00:47 GMT
They’re very common in the U.K. so I’m used to them. I’m surprised so many Americans don’t understand how to use them properly. The ones in my town are really basic and I still get nervous when I’m pulling out into one. They're very common in Australia too. I think they are very effective in controlling traffic flow in the right areas, as an alternative to traffic lights. We have a couple of double and triple roundabouts near me. These can be tricky to navigate if you're not familiar with them, because you don't know which lane to get into for each road that shoots off the roundabout. eg. you need to be in the right lane to go around the first bit, then get over to the left lane to exit - very tricky! And Google Maps / GPS systems don't cope with the double and triple roundabouts very well at all.
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Post by quinlove on Aug 14, 2020 4:07:39 GMT
These are new to me. There are a few of them near my grandson’s house. They give me anxiety and he has to help me navigate through them. He is 14 🤪🤪🤪
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TXMary
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And so many nights I just dream of the ocean. God, I wish I was sailin' again.
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Jun 26, 2014 17:25:06 GMT
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Post by TXMary on Aug 14, 2020 4:21:47 GMT
I hate them. They are a new thing around here. We have a couple of them and I try to avoid them if possible. Over the summer they have put one in at the high school. That should be interesting.
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Post by MichyM on Aug 14, 2020 4:22:41 GMT
The little ones at the occasional corner in my old, in city neighborhood are fine. The big, multi-lane ones out in the suburbs can be nerve wracking, especially because I’m unfamiliar with the area already.
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