Traffic Circle or Roundabout

[MyTripisCut]

Simple…

Ffkkkkkk that

 

[MyTripisCut]

In Massachusetts we call it a "rotary".

In New Jersey we call it “learn how to drive jerk-off!”

 

[Lineandinitial]

proper term is rotary.....and simply a brilliant design....much like a rotary engine is far superior to old design engines like 2, 3, and 4 strokers.

No engine braking, so the turns will kill you!

 

[I have NOT been lurking]

In Massachusetts we call it a "rotary".

Did you adopt migrants

 

[over9five]

Did you adopt migrants

Still trying to find out how many Governor Healey adopted....

 

[eats packages]

The best roundabout is bollards that restrict vehicle access in all 4 directions

 

[rod]

In Massachusetts we call it a "rotary".

There's an odd ball in every crowd.

 

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[JustDeliverIt]

Simple…

I was there this summer and stood on top of the Arc watching the traffic for a few minutes after taking in the view. It was crazy.

Then add in the idiots who don’t realize there is an underground tunnel to get to the Arc and go running across it. Frogger at its finest.

 

[JL 0513]

Rotary is the proper term.

 

[DriverNerd]

It only takes one person who doesn't know how they work to screw them up. Plus people treat them all the same. Some might be 2 lane each way, 2 lane one way/one lane the other, some are right lane right turn only while others are left lane roundabout only, some allow multiple lane to both go straight.

It takes too much work for people to read the signs prior to getting to the roundabout and figure out what lane they're supposed to do. Put in roundabouts with busy crosswalks too close to traffic and all hell breaks loose.

 

[Lineandinitial]

I was there this summer and stood on top of the Arc watching the traffic for a few minutes after taking in the view. It was crazy.

Then add in the idiots who don’t realize there is an underground tunnel to get to the Arc and go running across it. Frogger at its finest.

I’ve driven it a few times. Every time after the 1st time was Kamikaze style in a German rental car!

 

[KOG72]

There are lots of them where I live and it drives me nuts how freaked out people are trying to go around them. It’s really simple to do.

Well they all start out as four way stops here then they turn them into this.

 

[oldngray]

Well they all start out as four way stops here then they turn them into this.

If people can't figure out a 4 way stop how are they supposed to handle this?

 

[Brownisbrown]

I know you are a driver. As an older person, roundabouts are no big deal for you. I’m talking about the old folks who never drove for a living. I have no idea who the clown was who put traffic lights on the roundabouts. Fortunately, they’re not on all of them.

Traffic lights on roundabouts in the US?
Where is this a thing? Completely unheard of where I live

 

[Karma...]

if people are stymied by a rotary imagine their difficulty with a clover leaf.....pilots who have never had spin training are not pilots........

 

[Operational needs]

Traffic lights on roundabouts in the US?
Where is this a thing? Completely unheard of where I live

I’ll take a picture next time I go that way.

 

[DriverNerd]

Not to mention, some of the roundabouts even have traffic lights, making them even more confusing.

Now that is stupid, although I definitely believe you that they exist.

 

[Brownisbrown]

Now that is stupid, although I definitely believe you that they exist.

Yeah, thought the whole point of a roundabout was so that you dont have to use street lights. Somebody didnt get the message