Anyhow… I hope CalTrans and the County have the balls to install more. There are a few more 4 & 5-way stop sign intersections around here that would be perfect for a roundabout. Right now they are just clusterf**ks as people sit at the stop sign and stare at each other wondering who goes first.

At first, traffic came to a complete standstill (yes, once they re-opened the roads), but after a while, the pace has picked up quite a bit. You still get the occasional granny stuck at the corner in terror as her brain tries to process yet one more new thing, but many of the circles are on 4-lane roads, so you can get around her.

I go out of my way to take the side-road with circles and avoid the main drag with traffic lights – the side road moves faster, and it’s waaaay more fun!

No more waiting forever for red lights to change, especially if you have the misfortune of being on a minor side road approaching a major highway. No more hoping that the green light in the distance won’t change before you get there. No more silliness at 4-way stops, where so many people don’t wait for their turn or make up their own rules, such as “If I’m turning right, I don’t have to stop at all.”

With the roundabouts, you generally don’t have to make a full stop, and no one can make a left turn across your path.

I hope she’s wrong and that we get millions of roundabouts throughout the USA, because it facilitates the flow of traffic some 50% higher than stop-lights.

And Lord knows, nobody in Michigan pays any dang attention to stop-lights any more. or speed limits. or laws prohibiting following too closely. or running brights all the time. or stopping at stop signs…..

In short, Michigan drivers SUCK.

“Didn’t we agree to this when we got our license?”

Thanks creamy. My thoughts exactly. Although they should have included obtain a license, carry proper insurance, and have your car registered. And is there an extra penalty if you break your vows while toting around one of these assanine decals? How could you possibly have your head so far up your ass to think all this nonsense is in any way going to help? Will there be a spanish version of the decal for all the illegal immigrants who procure a license?

Traffic is fluid. On a junction with traffic lights, there will always be several seconds during which nobody is moving. Thus, a roundabout is able to handle more cars per hour.

Accidents happen, but are less severe. In a roundabout, plenty of fender-bender stuff happens. However, you don’t have the ram-the-side collisions caused by running red lights that are so often fatal.

People are forced to be more alert; driving is more fun: that’s the killer argument for me.

When people know how to use them, anyways.

Thumbs down on the silly Pace car signs

Didn’t we agree to this when we got our license?

Seems like an incredible waste of municipal tax dollars.