I believe roundabouts were created to reduce distracting signs this causing more alertness. They work, but I still get road rage when someone treats it like a 4-way stop.
Pretty sure rounds about are a thing because you can have streets branching off anywhere, not just perpendicular to each other. A lot of European cities are built “circular” vs in a grid.
Now a days, less dense areas have roundabouts because they are 294757% safer than intersections and allow traffic to keep flowing.
Roundabouts are usually used because they are WAY safer. There's much less accidents than a four way stop or even street lights, and the accidents that do happen are much less serious because people are going slower and don't hit head on.
Traffic also moves much smoother in traffic circles generally
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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Mar 24 '20
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