This is accurate and informative. Especially D.

100% truth.

I don't understand why there aren't more roundabouts, tbh. Do they just require more room than a standard 4-way?

We have them everywhere, and I love them.

They are natural speed breaks. They are easier for pedestrians to manage. Fewer people die in them.

But boy, some folks really don't have a clue. You have to be so alert for the people who do not understand that if you are on the inside of one, you can't just bolt across another lane to exit.

Cindy -- who once had to go through Dupont circle three times to exit on the street she wanted

They're all over the place in Canberra, with the added bonus of going the wrong way. The first time I encountered one, I had to pull over and compose myself before I entered it.

I've also gone through a roundabout multiple times....

I don't see how they're easier for pedestrians to manage.

Last year they put in two of those on the same street and the locals are freaking out.

The family of a judge from my hometown can start laughing and get carried away to he point of being non-functional.
They got stuck in the roundabout that circles the Arc de Triomphe. The laughing began. No one knows how long they circled.

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Originally posted by Nina:


They're all over the place in Canberra, with the added bonus of going the wrong way. The first time I encountered one, I had to pull over and compose myself before I entered it.

I've also gone through a roundabout multiple times....

This sounds like me, driving for the first time in England in the mid-80s, including circling in a given roundabout more than once. I thought it was a great feature, as sometimes I couldn't read the signs quickly enough to know which road I needed to take. I usually figured it out after two trips around.

My British co-worker told me the rule is that whoever is in the roundabout has the right of way, and that everybody else has to wait till the circle is clear to enter. It wasn't too bad in Yorkshire where I was often the only car on the road but I would have never dared to brave a London roundabout.

Around here, there is one in a shopping center parking lot. I almost got hit by a woman who wanted to get from point A to point B using the shortest path. That meant she was driving the wrong direction in the roundabout. I was in the roundabout going the correct direction. When I hit my horn and slammed on the brakes she flipped me the bird.