I've lived with roundabouts for some time now, and I think they should be the default for standard 3/4-way intersections, especially single lane ones. The amount of times I've waited at a red-light with nobody coming when I could've been well past the intersection with a roundabout is astounding. However, there are cases where signal controlled intersections are preferable, mostly in extremely busy multi-lane arteries.
I live in Australia where in more suburban areas there are many multi lane roundabouts. Never had an issue with them. I guess it just comes with experience. It was super scary when I was on my learners but now it’s second nature
When entering a “Roundabout” you look for traffic on your left and go around until you exist. In a four way stop, you have to look left and right before entering. It saves time and opens up your field of view because it’s flat and open field. And the circle makes you go slower because of the centrifugal force; whereas a four way stop you can hit the gas going straight through the intersection.
@@lflagr a friend of mine was T-boned at a 4-way stop by a car that didn’t stop. So what, exactly, is preventing someone from going straight through a 4 way stop?
@@Sevenfold120 I misread the original post. It says, "In a four way stop, you have to look left and right before entering. It saves time and opens up your field of view because it’s flat and open field. " I thought they meant a four-way stop saves time.
There is everything good about roundabouts. They are safer, quicker, do no require power, can make beautiful landscaping areas... with a naked statue of Hercules.
All of Europe, The middle East and Eastern Countries have been using this everywhere. It will take Americans a bit to get used to, but they are much safer.
They are much safer than people think, if you can't use one then you shouldn't have your driver's license because you are probably dangerous in i vehicle
According from OECD: France, a country that has 64,000+ roundabouts have about 4.5 traffic death/1M people, twice the amount of death to Japan (2.51), which only has 140 roundabout total.
@@WanderingRationalistWell, I'm trying to be realistic here. You could say I'm trying to be rational. The USA is not going to get rid of their highways, but let's ease them into trains, high speed trains, and then maybe we can work on reducing highways and replacing them with... trains.
@@notisac3149 Since I made this comment about trains, the United States has announced plans for high speed train networks and an extension of our commuter rail network.
Do know how expensive a train and rails cost?I live in Dallas,and we have the D.A.R.T. train,it cost at least seventy or eighty million dollars for it to be built,and it can only be done if there is land to put one down.
@@ElectricVehiclesAreGoodF-ti7xd oh yes we do in Norway and many other places in Europe. They can go up to 25 meters which is 82 ft. Check before making stupid comments
Conservative Republicans in rural areas near me protested roundabouts for whatever reason when they started to be implemented many years ago. Funny how people make things political
Conservatives in the history of mankind protested every single innovation made to help humans.Conservatives being mostly from a not so bright class,are always afraid of new things.They protested street lights,steam boats,cars,trams etc.
@@peterlongprong7521 And you do not seal off a crossroad if there would be a crash? If there is a crash in a roundabout that is less likely as the video says, you can most of the time just direct traffic towards another path.
We could use more of them here in Florida. They are safer for motorists but at the same time some people don't know how to use them. Once they get used to them then it should work itself out.
Yes, I interact one very very rarely, once a year tops, and it always confuses me. European buddy of mine remarked decades ago Americans don’t know how they work.
@@alexdasliebe5391 Because they are a fairly new thing in America. Once this country gets used to them they will work fine. Not only that, they are more efficient.
Come on, the Global news channels are packed with clips of Florida man getting confused by the barriers, flashing lights, and bells of railway crossings, and railways have been around for a few centuries.
We have around 60,000 roundabouts here in France. They're very common all across Europe, actually. Some have been there for years and make traffic a lot safer. (except the Arc de Triomphe roundabout in Paris, which leads to 12 different streets and where people crash everyday)
@@ElectricVehiclesAreGoodF-ti7xd There's also a lot of congestion in France, believe me. But there isn't more congestion at roundabouts than at traffic lights.
Roundabouts are fantastic! However, I'm not a fan of multi-lane ones. The UK seems to have an abundance of these, while here in Germany, we also encounter them, but they are often managed by traffic lights. Single-lane roundabouts, on the other hand, are quite efficient.
I love how we think we are the inventors and ones with best answers for everything in USA, yet roundabouts have been used very heavily in Europe since 70s and 80s lol.
It's cars vs people, and corporations chose cars 60 years ago. Time to take the infrastructure back - choose anything else but cars! Save money and your life!
In the UK they work in low traffic areas but as traffic increases many of our ones also have traffic lights added. Without the added traffic lights with an expensive control system you never get a traffic break so can't get on the roundabout. Some of ours require up to four lights from joining to getting off ones near our motorway/freeways.
can happen.. but I still prefer it to massive junctions.. with lights on them. And majority of our roundabouts in UK dont need them too much. Although.. I have seen some disasterous ones.
If it's not about space they should just redo the roundabout to handle more traffic instead of adding lights. Its just a question of design. having traffic lights in a roundabout makes no sense.
But Roundabouts can be controlled by traffic lights, and often are in dense traffic areas in the UK. Similarly, the lights can also be on timers or sensor, to only operate apeak times.
I live in Britain. Roundabouts are a normal thing for us. It's main purpose is for people to use them when they have not decided which direction they are to go in. When you cant stop the car, you go round and round until you know where to go
@@miles5600 Perhaps I jumped the gun. Where I live, it’s very common for the traffic lights to turn green even when nobody is there. Sometimes it’s just for a couple seconds, though other times it could be over 30 seconds. This happens even in the city. Oh and I live on the West Coast of the US.
@@notisac3149 yeah that’s not a thing here, The Netherlands has smart traffic lights that adjust the phase timer in real time and have multiple detection loops hundreds of feet before arriving at the intersection, we also removed a lot of traffic signals and narrowed down intersections to make them even more efficient, it forces people in cars to communicate with their surroundings which ultimately creates safer roads, less waiting, costs less money and is much more efficient. The standard thing engineers do in the US when intersections are unsafe is add a bunch of traffic signals that cost millions or replace every intersection with useless roundabouts.
we have a lot of them in the UK.. they're far better than mass junctions and lights.. they keep traffic moving. Just give way to people on your right (left in case of US) and its good. Where it can get difficult is where they use tiny mini roundabouts so small cars just cut across them.. that can happen. if you hate them you just arent used to them yet.. likely.. you'll grow to love them. but when you have a roundabout.. you always know you can just turn around easily as well.. and if you're not sure which way to go.. go all the way around the roundabout and look at the exits.. its very flexible.
They are not rotaries, not traffic circles….those are completely different with traffic in the circle yielding to traffic entering making them utterly useless.
We got roundabouts put in our city recently. But I think many people don't use them correctly or safely. I understand that the vehicle(s) that are already in the roundabout hves the right of way. But my confusion, and frustration is when myself (alone) and multiple vehicles to my right, come to a stop at the roundabout at the same time. I would think it should be treated like a 4-way stop sign. (I.E. yielding), by taking turns, to the car to the right, then me, then the next car to the right. What most resident in my town take the majority rules approach. When say 2 or more vehicles approach it, they all think they don't have to stop (or yield) and all of them can just drive straight through (like a parade) and the 1 car on the left has to wait for all of them. Or the 1st vehicles stops, then goes, and the next behind them goes immediately after, and on and on. Not yielding to the car on the left. I hope this is making sense. I look at them like a 4 way, and I believe that the rules of a 4-way would also apply to a roundabout.] Thanks!
OMG Why has it taken so long for the US to catch up? Besides being safer than typical cross traffic intersections, Roundabouts improve traffic flow and are better for the environment.
I love when employees at 30 rock who live in the upper east side, Long Island and Connecticut discover things about the country that have existed for decades and call it news. Such wondrous inventions these plebes have! How does one use a traffic circle?
Roundabouts don’t replace intersections though. The US has been building infrastructure like 3/4 way stops all wrong since the car came around, they gotta raise the intersection and place a yield sign instead of a stop sign. The Netherlands has solved traffic for decades.
The sudden out of nowhere conversion of 4 way intersections to roundabouts has NOTHING to do with safety or anything good. There are nefarious reasons behind the conversions. Do some research AND a whole lot of critical thinking. For your own good. PLEASE......
What are these nefarious reasons? You can't make a claim then ask the reader to provide the evidence for you. Back up your thesis, this is middle school level thinking
@@Sam-w5v If you don't want to do research and use your critical thinking don't worry you will find out soon enough. Sooner than you think unfortunately. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY......
@@Sam-w5v Are you familiar with what's going on in North Carolina and Kentucky? The point of the roundabouts is two things. A place to set up military checkpoints and MORE importantly for anyone trying to escape it is MUCH harder to run a roundabout as fast as your vehicle will allow as opposed to a 4 way intersection .
@@ApocalypticAngel2178_ the burden of proof falls on the person making the claim. I can't find any sources to corroborate your claim, so I have no reason to believe it. If you're going to make a point, you always support it with evidence and reasoning. This is basic english composition.
@@Sam-w5v Believe what you want. It makes no difference to me. I know what I know for myself. If you choose to believe something else, power to ya! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY....
That's a traffic circle not a roundabout. A roundabout is very specific traffic circle of a single lane with operating speed of 10 mph - 15 mph with yield merge traffic metering. Multi lane traffic circles are dangerous and are not included in roundabout statistics. A roundabout is detrimental to traffic flow of the primary road verses a traffic light. US doesn't have rotaries at least not well known. rotaries are high speed traffic circles with operating speeds above 40 mph with long merge areas.
You're making these definitions up. No US transportation authority uses operating speeds to define whether it's a traffic circle or roundabout. All traffic approaching a roundabout must yield to the circle, and roundabouts require splitter islands and a raised interior island. Traffic circles are not bound by these rules
Where is the news on the Maui fires fires? How are the people doing in Maui dealing with their houses being burnt down. With their family that has died. Why ain't you guys talkin about high-priced products with corporations. Why hasn't the Congress passed a bill on price control on products. Or price control on rent for all 50 states.
I'm glad to see that that there is at least ONE person left who's paying attention and knows what's going on. God bless you, be careful, and watch your back.
We built us one of them roundabouts here in West Virginia up Jessup Hollar. It really only has 1 entrance and exit but the boys love to drive their ATVs in circles.
I love Roundabouts. I could drive around in them all day 😊 ... but is that legal? 🤔 P.S. Dont forget to look for "The beginning of the Sunday Law?" A very interesting short video. Take care 👋😊
Vehicles on and approaching roundabouts are generally all going in the same direction plus you need to slow down and look. They’re more fuel efficient. Safer, don’t cost money to run (lights and sensors) and traffic flows 15/20% more efficient. They look better too.
This reporter clearly hasnt been to Elizabethtown, KY, where the cars inside a traffic circle downtown yield to the oncoming spokes. But there are other traffic circles in the area that are "normal". Talk about confusing!
@@8mydaydream409 not every clover left I been on. Roundabouts no one slows down or yields like they are supposed to. They come to a rolling stop which is a moving citation. I live in Japan now but a town near my hometown in the USA has a roundabout that connects two VERY heavy traffic highways. There are accidents every other week if not every week. It's stupid.
I despise roundabouts. Not a fan. Leaves me very confused and i try to avoid streets that have them. I have had multiple near misses trying to navigate them.
Is it because you have to think rather than relying on a light to tell you what to do? This is 100 times less confusing than a intersection with cars crossing from multiple directions.
When I was still driving I encountered more incidents of anger and road rage at the only two roundabouts we had locally. Now we have many more roundabouts and I leave the driving to my family as I keep an eye out for the lunatics!!😊 Personally I despise them, people approach them like the quarter mile at a dragstrip here and I'm serious.
Here's a clue to improve safety on America's roadways. 13 states allow people to obtain drivers licenses without reading or speaking English. I always thought we were an English speaking country since all the road signs are in English. But, I've been wrong before. 😅
You thought wrong and you are wrong again, US traffic signs use specific colors, symbols and shapes to convey meaning so no reading is required. If you want improved safety on America's roadways you should be required to pass a thorough driver training course which includes accident avoidance to get a license and pass a proficiency evaluation at each renewal. Just like civilized countries.
@@JeffreySmith7777 Will always include appropriate arrows or symbols, did you not notice? Also, you do not need to speak a language to learn key words. As an example my word for "caution" is vorsicht but I know in Czech it's pozor, Polish is ostrożność, French would be prudence and Norwegian is forsiktighet. And of those other languages I only speak two. Try to be more aware of how things work in the world.
@@thornil2231 nothing wrong with making things look good. But when we've been complaining for years about other things they refuse to address and fail to stay on budget with other projects they start but fail to finish; that's a problem. They stayed within budget and finished the round a bouts on time but on other projects they implement more splost to continue the works that should be finished by now. And we don't get to vote on the splosts or how it's spent.
They are confusing Just because rhey have them in Britain T h ey are great in fog snow ice and 0 visability😢😮No thanks most people cant even drive straight let alone in a sobered 375* degree circle
They are growing in Cincinnati and neighboring suburbs. I dislike them because I get confused about which way to go, but they do cause people to slow down.
Makes for a great Dukes of Hazards scene when the drunk drivers hit them straight on at 60 mph. The traffic engineers that approve these things are not very smart.
I can see a lot of people who think Roundabouts are great have never spent time with firefighters, DOT employees and cops. They ARE good for slowing down impacts, but are NOT good at reducing the number of them. Roundabouts are sideswipe and roadrage magnets littered with body panel shrapnel.
Depends on the implementation, but oftentimes roundabouts do lower the amount of collisions with both pedestrians and cars while also reducing the severity of crashes.
I've lived with roundabouts for some time now, and I think they should be the default for standard 3/4-way intersections, especially single lane ones. The amount of times I've waited at a red-light with nobody coming when I could've been well past the intersection with a roundabout is astounding.
However, there are cases where signal controlled intersections are preferable, mostly in extremely busy multi-lane arteries.
Thanks for bringing a nightmare to American drivers...
Eighteen wheelers have a difficult time using these because they take up all lanes plus curb..
In heavy traffic Americans will wait a long time to merge longer than a stoplight..
Their excuse is Tbone accidents. But TBones are slowly declining due to self breaking new vehicles
u talk like truck dont exist in Europe@@ElectricVehiclesAreGoodF-ti7xd
single-lane roundabouts are fine, multi-lane roundabouts are nightmare fuel.
Yield to the inner lane and no issues.
I live in Australia where in more suburban areas there are many multi lane roundabouts. Never had an issue with them. I guess it just comes with experience. It was super scary when I was on my learners but now it’s second nature
Texas...I just don't understand them at all. This is not Paris.
No roundabouts are fine.. In my neighborhood near a school the roundabout would get packed. You can't merge..
@@cityplanner3063 Their excuse is Tbone accidents. But T bone accidents are declining slowly as people buy new cars/w auto brake
Roundabouts are also cheaper for cities
When entering a “Roundabout” you look for traffic on your left and go around until you exist. In a four way stop, you have to look left and right before entering. It saves time and opens up your field of view because it’s flat and open field. And the circle makes you go slower because of the centrifugal force; whereas a four way stop you can hit the gas going straight through the intersection.
I can't tell if you're joking or not lol
@@lflagrWhat was funny?
@@lflagr OP seemed pretty reasonable and made only factual arguments. Nothing funny about it.
@@lflagr a friend of mine was T-boned at a 4-way stop by a car that didn’t stop. So what, exactly, is preventing someone from going straight through a 4 way stop?
@@Sevenfold120 I misread the original post.
It says, "In a four way stop, you have to look left and right before entering. It saves time and opens up your field of view because it’s flat and open field. " I thought they meant a four-way stop saves time.
There is everything good about roundabouts. They are safer, quicker, do no require power, can make beautiful landscaping areas... with a naked statue of Hercules.
nope!
All of Europe, The middle East and Eastern Countries have been using this everywhere. It will take Americans a bit to get used to, but they are much safer.
They are much safer than people think, if you can't use one then you shouldn't have your driver's license because you are probably dangerous in i vehicle
According from OECD: France, a country that has 64,000+ roundabouts have about 4.5 traffic death/1M people, twice the amount of death to Japan (2.51), which only has 140 roundabout total.
@@ImRezaF Japan is so congested that traffic is usually not going fast enough to be fatal.
@@landonp629 Not really. I went from Tokyo to Yokohama by car and i didn't really recall congestion.
@ImRezaF when you never did any analytics in your study:
@@ooRobertoo like what ?
Trains. We need trains.
Americans don't know how to drive as it is, we don't need roundabouts. We need trains.
We need to get rid of the highways, and move toward public transportation.
@@WanderingRationalistWell, I'm trying to be realistic here. You could say I'm trying to be rational. The USA is not going to get rid of their highways, but let's ease them into trains, high speed trains, and then maybe we can work on reducing highways and replacing them with... trains.
Well why not both?
@@notisac3149 Since I made this comment about trains, the United States has announced plans for high speed train networks and an extension of our commuter rail network.
Do know how expensive a train and rails cost?I live in Dallas,and we have the D.A.R.T. train,it cost at least seventy or eighty million dollars for it to be built,and it can only be done if there is land to put one down.
They need to teach all drivers to drive in a roundabout! I moved to Norway from USA and it was easy.
Places over seas don't have 78 Ft tractor trailers. They're shorter and flat nosed.
Roundabouts are a nightmare in heavy traffic for America.
In Australia we have 25 m B doubles on roundabouts in Adelaide and 54 m A triples on a roundabout in Alice Springs @@ElectricVehiclesAreGoodF-ti7xd
@@ElectricVehiclesAreGoodF-ti7xd Well, it still works when you have the truck aprons.
@@ElectricVehiclesAreGoodF-ti7xd oh yes we do in Norway and many other places in Europe. They can go up to 25 meters which is 82 ft.
Check before making stupid comments
Conservative Republicans in rural areas near me protested roundabouts for whatever reason when they started to be implemented many years ago. Funny how people make things political
If Conservative Republicans in rural areas protest something, you it must be something good.
Conservatives in the history of mankind protested every single innovation made to help humans.Conservatives being mostly from a not so bright class,are always afraid of new things.They protested street lights,steam boats,cars,trams etc.
It benefits everyone so naturally they hate it.
Is cheaper than traffic lights, no congestion at all. You might not like but is the safest than traffic light intersection.
One crash in a roundabout = and the whole thing is shut down... sorry pal
@@peterlongprong7521 get rid of them.
@@peterlongprong7521 And you do not seal off a crossroad if there would be a crash? If there is a crash in a roundabout that is less likely as the video says, you can most of the time just direct traffic towards another path.
@@Nubbe999 its literally a ONE - WAY street d*#($*%zz
We could use more of them here in Florida. They are safer for motorists but at the same time some people don't know how to use them. Once they get used to them then it should work itself out.
Yes, I interact one very very rarely, once a year tops, and it always confuses me.
European buddy of mine remarked decades ago Americans don’t know how they work.
@@alexdasliebe5391 Because they are a fairly new thing in America. Once this country gets used to them they will work fine. Not only that, they are more efficient.
Come on, the Global news channels are packed with clips of Florida man getting confused by the barriers, flashing lights, and bells of railway crossings, and railways have been around for a few centuries.
Saw a statistic that FL is number 1 state in terms of number of roundabouts.
We have around 60,000 roundabouts here in France. They're very common all across Europe, actually. Some have been there for years and make traffic a lot safer. (except the Arc de Triomphe roundabout in Paris, which leads to 12 different streets and where people crash everyday)
We have heavier traffic than in France.. In heavy congested areas this will make it impossible to merge
These roundabouts are a nightmare for truck drivers in heavy traffic. The 53ft trailer will take two lanes plus curb also.
Safer? Excuse is TBONE accidents. All newer cars come with self breaking technology. T bones are declining
Roundabouts actually increase accidents that new technology in cars cannot prevent like side collisions
@@ElectricVehiclesAreGoodF-ti7xd There's also a lot of congestion in France, believe me. But there isn't more congestion at roundabouts than at traffic lights.
Roundabouts are fantastic! However, I'm not a fan of multi-lane ones. The UK seems to have an abundance of these, while here in Germany, we also encounter them, but they are often managed by traffic lights. Single-lane roundabouts, on the other hand, are quite efficient.
I love how we think we are the inventors and ones with best answers for everything in USA, yet roundabouts have been used very heavily in Europe since 70s and 80s lol.
It's safer than being hit by some redlight runner doing 50-70(like that tow truck that killed that woman on a point where two highways intersected.)
It's cars vs people, and corporations chose cars 60 years ago. Time to take the infrastructure back - choose anything else but cars! Save money and your life!
In the UK they work in low traffic areas but as traffic increases many of our ones also have traffic lights added. Without the added traffic lights with an expensive control system you never get a traffic break so can't get on the roundabout. Some of ours require up to four lights from joining to getting off ones near our motorway/freeways.
can happen.. but I still prefer it to massive junctions.. with lights on them. And majority of our roundabouts in UK dont need them too much. Although.. I have seen some disasterous ones.
If it's not about space they should just redo the roundabout to handle more traffic instead of adding lights. Its just a question of design. having traffic lights in a roundabout makes no sense.
But Roundabouts can be controlled by traffic lights, and often are in dense traffic areas in the UK. Similarly, the lights can also be on timers or sensor, to only operate apeak times.
Makes no sense to have traffic lights in a roundabout.
I live in Britain. Roundabouts are a normal thing for us. It's main purpose is for people to use them when they have not decided which direction they are to go in. When you cant stop the car, you go round and round until you know where to go
No reason to wait unless someone is actually there and it’s impossible to speed through one.
Safer overall.
Normal intersections don’t require you to wait either if nobody’s coming.
@@miles5600Yes they do lol, do you even drive?
@@notisac3149 it’s different, here you basically hold back traffic while if you’d make an intersection really simple you can increase throughput
@@miles5600 Perhaps I jumped the gun. Where I live, it’s very common for the traffic lights to turn green even when nobody is there. Sometimes it’s just for a couple seconds, though other times it could be over 30 seconds. This happens even in the city. Oh and I live on the West Coast of the US.
@@notisac3149 yeah that’s not a thing here, The Netherlands has smart traffic lights that adjust the phase timer in real time and have multiple detection loops hundreds of feet before arriving at the intersection, we also removed a lot of traffic signals and narrowed down intersections to make them even more efficient, it forces people in cars to communicate with their surroundings which ultimately creates safer roads, less waiting, costs less money and is much more efficient. The standard thing engineers do in the US when intersections are unsafe is add a bunch of traffic signals that cost millions or replace every intersection with useless roundabouts.
0:44 Cool camera shot
we have a lot of them in the UK.. they're far better than mass junctions and lights.. they keep traffic moving. Just give way to people on your right (left in case of US) and its good. Where it can get difficult is where they use tiny mini roundabouts so small cars just cut across them.. that can happen. if you hate them you just arent used to them yet.. likely.. you'll grow to love them.
but when you have a roundabout.. you always know you can just turn around easily as well.. and if you're not sure which way to go.. go all the way around the roundabout and look at the exits.. its very flexible.
As an impatient driver who suffers from long red lights. I really need more roundabouts in my city
Americans finally waking up. 🙄🥴
we just need to get rid of "square" corners - its idiotic road design engineering
Boise has round abouts everywhere. Great choice.
People are constantly crashing in the round abouts near me.
That's fine. Reduces Fatal car crashes though
Must be a bunch of republicans where you live.
I was at a four way stop and someone ran a red light and T boned my truck,a four way stop is dangerous.
As a European it's quite funny to see Americans being so excited about roundabouts, we have them since like forever
I think roundabouts are cool, personally.
They are not rotaries, not traffic circles….those are completely different with traffic in the circle yielding to traffic entering making them utterly useless.
Now if only the USA goes to metric system like the rest of the world.
Even England got rid of the pounds system. Years ago.
Our military uses the metric system.
Did I just see a red telephone box from Britain at 2:00???
Driving a sportscar roundabouts are a welcome challenge. On a quiet moment obv
Why do people hate roundabouts?
It's something new.People don't like change.
Good traffic.
It’s not safer IMO people never yield and are impatient.
That may be your opinion, but the stats almost always say otherwise.
@@notisac3149He's correct. And the stats are lies. Quit believing everything mainstream feeds you. Do some REAL research and THINK for yourself.
"Traffic circle"... 😂😂🤣 That's the best laugh I've had all day. #RoundaboutsRule
No traffic circles, ever!
These are roundabouts, not traffic circles.
single lane roundabouts make sense, but some of the 2 lane rotary's in Massachusetts's are down right dangerous.
We got roundabouts put in our city recently. But I think many people don't use them correctly or safely. I understand that the vehicle(s) that are already in the roundabout hves the right of way.
But my confusion, and frustration is when myself (alone) and multiple vehicles to my right, come to a stop at the roundabout at the same time. I would think it should be treated like a 4-way stop sign. (I.E. yielding), by taking turns, to the car to the right, then me, then the next car to the right.
What most resident in my town take the majority rules approach. When say 2 or more vehicles approach it, they all think they don't have to stop (or yield) and all of them can just drive straight through (like a parade) and the 1 car on the left has to wait for all of them.
Or the 1st vehicles stops, then goes, and the next behind them goes immediately after, and on and on. Not yielding to the car on the left. I hope this is making sense. I look at them like a 4 way, and I believe that the rules of a 4-way would also apply to a roundabout.]
Thanks!
OMG Why has it taken so long for the US to catch up? Besides being safer than typical cross traffic intersections, Roundabouts improve traffic flow and are better for the environment.
I love when employees at 30 rock who live in the upper east side, Long Island and Connecticut discover things about the country that have existed for decades and call it news.
Such wondrous inventions these plebes have! How does one use a traffic circle?
It keeps the traffic moving instead of stop start
Roundabouts don’t replace intersections though. The US has been building infrastructure like 3/4 way stops all wrong since the car came around, they gotta raise the intersection and place a yield sign instead of a stop sign. The Netherlands has solved traffic for decades.
The sudden out of nowhere conversion of 4 way intersections to roundabouts has NOTHING to do with safety or anything good. There are nefarious reasons behind the conversions. Do some research AND a whole lot of critical thinking. For your own good. PLEASE......
What are these nefarious reasons? You can't make a claim then ask the reader to provide the evidence for you. Back up your thesis, this is middle school level thinking
@@Sam-w5v If you don't want to do research and use your critical thinking don't worry you will find out soon enough. Sooner than you think unfortunately. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY......
@@Sam-w5v Are you familiar with what's going on in North Carolina and Kentucky? The point of the roundabouts is two things. A place to set up military checkpoints and MORE importantly for anyone trying to escape it is MUCH harder to run a roundabout as fast as your vehicle will allow as opposed to a 4 way intersection .
@@ApocalypticAngel2178_ the burden of proof falls on the person making the claim. I can't find any sources to corroborate your claim, so I have no reason to believe it. If you're going to make a point, you always support it with evidence and reasoning. This is basic english composition.
@@Sam-w5v Believe what you want. It makes no difference to me. I know what I know for myself. If you choose to believe something else, power to ya! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY....
Them are not Safe I know A man That Went Around for 2 Days Before he got out of it !
Americans are too easily confused by stuff like this. You have to dumb it down for them..
The whole country especially places like Washington State needs them.
I think there's already enough dumbing down of us. That's what they want.
I hope they continue to be installed everywhere. Spend some time in Europe and you'll love them.
That's a traffic circle not a roundabout. A roundabout is very specific traffic circle of a single lane with operating speed of 10 mph - 15 mph with yield merge traffic metering. Multi lane traffic circles are dangerous and are not included in roundabout statistics. A roundabout is detrimental to traffic flow of the primary road verses a traffic light. US doesn't have rotaries at least not well known. rotaries are high speed traffic circles with operating speeds above 40 mph with long merge areas.
You're making these definitions up. No US transportation authority uses operating speeds to define whether it's a traffic circle or roundabout. All traffic approaching a roundabout must yield to the circle, and roundabouts require splitter islands and a raised interior island. Traffic circles are not bound by these rules
this just takes the place of traffic lights
200 IQ comment right here.
Where is the news on the Maui fires fires? How are the people doing in Maui dealing with their houses being burnt down. With their family that has died. Why ain't you guys talkin about high-priced products with corporations. Why hasn't the Congress passed a bill on price control on products. Or price control on rent for all 50 states.
I'm glad to see that that there is at least ONE person left who's paying attention and knows what's going on. God bless you, be careful, and watch your back.
@@ApocalypticAngel2178_ will do take care of yourself and God bless
Easier for vehicles, but harder for pedestrians to cross the road
Um no lol you simply cross where are you supposed to and watch for traffic
Roundabouts are cool and all, but can you not make the inner circle sidewalks edge drop a 90 degree so it doesnt scape peoples wheels or bumpers.
no matter....we'll all be going back to horse and buggy when the gas runs out and the power for the electric cars shut down.😅
I love the Milwaukee Roundabout, shows consistently how dumb people can be.
About time.
The fact that America makes a video about roundabouts 🤣🤣
Yeah,yeah.
It takes a long time to create a round about.
If it's a safer option,then the price is worth it.
I prefer reach arounds but I’ll try this
we have a cities skylines player in the office
We built us one of them roundabouts here in West Virginia up Jessup Hollar. It really only has 1 entrance and exit but the boys love to drive their ATVs in circles.
And then shows how dangerous they are with merging traffic and Americans who already can't drive 😂😭🤦
I love Roundabouts. I could drive around in them all day 😊 ... but is that legal? 🤔
P.S. Dont forget to look for "The beginning of the Sunday Law?" A very interesting short video. Take care 👋😊
What is so safe about round a bouts 😲
It's safer because people have to slow down and watch where they're going, otherwise they just crash in the middle.
Never heard of people running red light?
Vehicles on and approaching roundabouts are generally all going in the same direction plus you need to slow down and look. They’re more fuel efficient. Safer, don’t cost money to run (lights and sensors) and traffic flows 15/20% more efficient. They look better too.
NOTHING. They are intentionally lying to hide their TRUE intentions.
This reporter clearly hasnt been to Elizabethtown, KY, where the cars inside a traffic circle downtown yield to the oncoming spokes. But there are other traffic circles in the area that are "normal". Talk about confusing!
There is a difference between a traffic circle and a roundabout.
@@linusromey561 what about a rotary? 🤪
東北の汚染地区の再開発は、是非ラウンドアバウトを！！
Iowa puts them by train tracks. Can you imagine traffic pile up on a round about and how bad it jams traffic? Ridiculous
Where in iowa?
Oops 365 I mean😮
Good trafic
Rather have a clover leaf than a roundabout...
Cloverleaf is a horrible design where drivers coming off the highway and drivers getting on an exit meet at the same point going fast, no thank you!
@@8mydaydream409 not every clover left I been on. Roundabouts no one slows down or yields like they are supposed to. They come to a rolling stop which is a moving citation. I live in Japan now but a town near my hometown in the USA has a roundabout that connects two VERY heavy traffic highways. There are accidents every other week if not every week. It's stupid.
I Just wanna make a RIGHT!
You ok? What’s stopping you?
@@justincredible4536 The earth is sinking into a bowl and it's hard to turn right, it used to be flat but something happened!
I despise roundabouts. Not a fan. Leaves me very confused and i try to avoid streets that have them. I have had multiple near misses trying to navigate them.
You are a very confused person.
Sounds like a personal problem
Practice driving I guess
Driving in a straight line seems safer than this lol
Steering is difficult for Americans?
I was nearly killed at a four way stop.
It is.
Yeah right put one of those angeles you're gonna have a lot of crasher
What are you trying to say??
I don't like them.
Roundabouts are confusing..
for people with low IQ
Is it because you have to think rather than relying on a light to tell you what to do? This is 100 times less confusing than a intersection with cars crossing from multiple directions.
Not really,pull up,yield for cars to finish their circle,you can either turn right,or go straight over a bend,and that's it.
When I was still driving I encountered more incidents of anger and road rage at the only two roundabouts we had locally. Now we have many more roundabouts and I leave the driving to my family as I keep an eye out for the lunatics!!😊 Personally I despise them, people approach them like the quarter mile at a dragstrip here and I'm serious.
They're the worst.
Why?
@@justincredible4536 why does it matter to you?
@@crankycorner16 skill issue
Roundabouts are the best!
Yes they are.
Here's a clue to improve safety on America's roadways.
13 states allow people to obtain drivers licenses without reading or speaking English.
I always thought we were an English speaking country since all the road signs are in English. But, I've been wrong before. 😅
Your racism is showing.
In 20 years you will be a minority , excellent ...
You thought wrong and you are wrong again, US traffic signs use specific colors, symbols and shapes to convey meaning so no reading is required. If you want improved safety on America's roadways you should be required to pass a thorough driver training course which includes accident avoidance to get a license and pass a proficiency evaluation at each renewal. Just like civilized countries.
@@EinKerl3554 , so direction signs in English??
@@JeffreySmith7777 Will always include appropriate arrows or symbols, did you not notice? Also, you do not need to speak a language to learn key words. As an example my word for "caution" is vorsicht but I know in Czech it's pozor, Polish is ostrożność, French would be prudence and Norwegian is forsiktighet. And of those other languages I only speak two. Try to be more aware of how things work in the world.
They're good but out county is putting them in for decoration. Some affluent people wanted them and the voard of commissioners jumped on it.
What is wrong with decoration? You want to live in a dump?
@@thornil2231 nothing wrong with making things look good. But when we've been complaining for years about other things they refuse to address and fail to stay on budget with other projects they start but fail to finish; that's a problem. They stayed within budget and finished the round a bouts on time but on other projects they implement more splost to continue the works that should be finished by now. And we don't get to vote on the splosts or how it's spent.
That's not why they're putting them in. The real reason is quite disturbing.
Double lane rotarys don't work to many accidents
*too
I hate them.
I think they are more dangerous.
The fact is they’re not. Sounds like a driving issue.
I was T boned on a four way stop almost got killed.This could save lives.
They literally are safer.
They are.
@@ApocalypticAngel2178_ No they're not. They're proven to be much safer and more efficient than typical intersections and traffic lights.
They are confusing Just because rhey have them in Britain T h ey are great in fog snow ice and 0 visability😢😮No thanks most people cant even drive straight let alone in a sobered 375* degree circle
Drinking?
They are growing in Cincinnati and neighboring suburbs. I dislike them because I get confused about which way to go, but they do cause people to slow down.
I am sure you get confused a lot...
Round abouts are STUPID!
Why?
As cities get bigger,traffic needs to change with it.
Roundabouts are amazing and efficient!
Makes for a great Dukes of Hazards scene when the drunk drivers hit them straight on at 60 mph. The traffic engineers that approve these things are not very smart.
They’re safer. They’re more fuel efficient. Traffic flow is better. They look better. They don’t cost money to run.
If you hit a four way stop at 60 mph,that's just if not more dangerous.
@@justincredible4536 They look better, that's the only thing you got right.
What's next driving on the left side of the road?💨🤡
its called a Diverging diamond interchange.
I can see a lot of people who think Roundabouts are great have never spent time with firefighters, DOT employees and cops.
They ARE good for slowing down impacts, but are NOT good at reducing the number of them.
Roundabouts are sideswipe and roadrage magnets littered with body panel shrapnel.
Depends on the implementation, but oftentimes roundabouts do lower the amount of collisions with both pedestrians and cars while also reducing the severity of crashes.
They just said,it reduced the numbers of collisions.
@@galvinstanley3235 Yeah, they SAID that. People do that a lot on RUclips
@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing I got hit by a car at a 4 way stop,I nearly got killed,this has to be a better way.
@@galvinstanley3235 Getting bit by a barracuda doesn't mean swimming with sharks is the answer.
I know it as a complete waste of tax payer's money!
They’re cheaper. They cost nothing to run. They’re more fuel efficient. Traffic flow is 15/20% better. They’re safer….literally better in every way.
there's nothing fuel efficient or safer about them🤣
@@Clarkgriswood The irrefutable government statistics worldwide VS your opinion, who would win?
@@IISocratesII I know what I seen and don't care what you think
Traffic lights that stay green when no one is coming, and stay red when traffic is sitting waiting is a complete waste of tax payer money!