Google maps overhead view of a small roundabout with a 74 hour loop around it.
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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I didn't realize there was a difference

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Traffic circles are not real roundabouts. They are just a road that have a circle shape. For example traffic circles often have traffic lights.

    Roundabouts are traffic circles. But they have to be just a circle with "give way" at the entrance. No stop signs, no traffic lights.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I love roundabouts, but goddamn are they annoying when you're stuck in a route starvation situation. I've had bad days when I'm stuck for close to 5 minutes at one near my house depending on time of day and approach route.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sounds like you need a 2-laner and drivers who understand how they work

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's already a 2/2.5 lane roundabout, but if you're on entrance 3, while 1 and 2 are busy as hell, you may not have a window to safely go through.

    This roundabout is at a major intersection just off of a freeway and between like 3 different shopping centers, so it's awful to go through at rush hour. I've gotten good at eyeballing windows that scare the piss out of my wife in that roundabout.

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