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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the point of a roundabout. It lowers speed at the crossing while also increasing throughput compared to a regular crossing.

So you can indeed lower speed at a crossing area while not lowering the speed of traffic overall, just by eliminating the waiting times.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, but then us Americans have to learn how to drive in circles and that’s really hard apparently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Where do you live? Roundabouts are pretty common in much of the US anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu0VJ7Vo5pg

But to be fair... putting down a single sign at the start of every red divider even if it's still under construction would have prevented most of that insanity.

[–] fishos 0 points 1 year ago

Roundabouts exist in the oldest parts of the US. Go east and you'll find them everywhere.