Traffic Circle or Roundabout

RUDoneYet

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Wait until you get to try out one of these. I think of it as a hybrid circle. The official name is a diverging diamond. It actually works better than I would have expected. Something like 18 traffic lights in the one near me to make it all work together. I think it also doubles as an in vehicle sobriety test for some...
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DriverNerd

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Wait until you get to try out one of these. I think of it as a hybrid circle. The official name is a diverging diamond. It actually works better than I would have expected. Something like 18 traffic lights in the one near me to make it all work together. I think it also doubles as an in vehicle sobriety test for some...
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We have one near the MSP airport.
 

upschuck

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Wait until you get to try out one of these. I think of it as a hybrid circle. The official name is a diverging diamond. It actually works better than I would have expected. Something like 18 traffic lights in the one near me to make it all work together. I think it also doubles as an in vehicle sobriety test for some...
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I take one of those to work every day. Congestion at that intersection has improved dramatically.
 
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