On 6 Oct 2015 16:03:46 GMT, notbob wrote:

On 2015-10-06, wrote:

They put in some of them not far from my home. I absolutely hate them.
I'll drive a couple miles further or drive thru alleys just to avoid the
damn things. I think they are completely assinine. About 20 families
lost their homes and a dozen businesses were shoved out, so that the
city could rip down all those buildings to build a TRIPLE roundabout. It
used to be a simple stop light, where it took a minute sitting at the
light. Now it takes 5 minutes to manuver around that goddamn thing, and
uses 3 times as much gas. The city spent millions of dollars to build
that moronic thing so they could save a couple hundred dollars of
electricity to power the stop light.

I have not found one person in that city that wanted it before they
built it, and not one person that likes it now. But their idiot
politicians built it anyway!

Yep!

I've driven in CA all my life and have never seen a roundabout
....until about 10 yrs ago. Whatta nightmare! I saw a 3 lane
roundabout in Boston about 35 yrs ago and it was a complete
clusterf*ck. Now, they are experimenting with them out West and I see
zero advantage.

nb

If anything, they are a drain on local businesses. Some people go
elsewhere to shop, because they dont want to drive on the roundabout.
And since it's the main intersection in the small city I mentioned, you
cant avoid it, unless you drive several miles longer to avoid it, or use
all the alleys. One gas station/convenience store is right in the middle
of that roundabout. They lost over half their business during the
construcion of the roundabout, and it's never returned to what it was
before.

I found a way to get, and leave the station using all alleys, and that
is what I do. I see a lor of people using the alleys to go to that
station.

I dont know if those taking "Drivers Education" in the schools are
getting educated on roundabout use, but those of us who have driven for
years, have no idea what to do on them. If I confront another car, I
just let the other car go, even if I have to stop. I'm not in that big
of a hurry to get anywhere, nor am I a rude driver. But like I said,
I'll do almost anything to avoid getting onto the roundabout in the
first place.