New Traffic Technology - Modern Roundabouts
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Roudabouts are like turn signals...really great inventions, but nobody knows how to use them!
Roudabouts are like turn signals...really great inventions, but nobody knows how to use them!
They've been around (ahem) in Europe for years. They do eliminate traffic signal wait timjes and the dangers of left turns.
There's a truck stop off I-20 near Birmingham Alabama, that takes two or three roundabouts. One between the freeway and the Stop, then on exiting, a right turn only into another one where you U-turn back to the Interstate. And If you're heading west, of course #3 afterh the underpass to turn right onto the highway.
You will get used to them!
Interstate:
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).
Boston is (and has been) full of roundabouts for some years as well as the neighboring towns and states.
Nice thing about roundabouts is if lost or miss the exit, go around again.
One does not think of roundabouts being very common in the USA, but here in TN it is common to find them at the city courthouse or town square, people don't know they are basically a roundabout.
Roundabouts!
If you take rest breaks in casinos in the Southwestern states, you will see LOTS of roundabouts. I suspect that the casino developers and/or the states didn't want to pay for stop lights. When a casino is the only thing of any significance at an interstate exit, it's normally a roundabout on either side of the bridge instead of a light or a standard intersection.
Interstate:
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).
If you take rest breaks in casinos in the Southwestern states, you will see LOTS of roundabouts. I suspect that the casino developers and/or the states didn't want to pay for stop lights. When a casino is the only thing of any significance at an interstate exit, it's normally a roundabout on either side of the bridge instead of a light or a standard intersection.
Maybe the casinos are banking on people getting confused, and turned around. When they "escape" the roundabout, they might be headed back to the casino, and decide to spend another night.
Interstate:
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).
Thanks Brett. Big Ben, Parliament. This scene goes through my head at most roundabouts.
Why the heck does Colorado love to put them at the end of off ramps?? That makes for some tight maneuvering. Hate them!!
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Traffic circles have been rare in the USA. I grew up in the Los Angeles area, and I knew of only one traffic circle in Lakewood, CA. Now they are popping up everywhere.
Here's a video from Florida's DOT: Modern Roundabouts. I started the video at 3:45 to skip the introduction.
Wanna see how the really big trucks do it? Roundabout Myth - Large Trucks
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