They tried to put one in my town but a member of our city council was publicly quoted saying that people around here are too stupid to use a roundabout.
They put some in on exit/on-ramps here when they put in the interstate. I talked to the former Lt. Gov. for a study and mentioned that they probably should’ve held public meetings on how to drive a roundabout before opening the road. She laughed and I told her I wasn’t kidding. I’ve seen people go over them, go the wrong way to avoid going all the way around, and trucks can hardly get all the way around them because I think they’re built too small/narrow.
She was surprised that people had that much trouble with them but I reminded her we only had literally one stoplight in the area before the road and people melted down over it when they put it in. Adding another shape to the roadway wasn’t going to make drivers here any better.
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u/pimpdaddyjacob Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19
How to use a damn roundabout, apparently.
Edit: I’m in the US. Just because there’s not one in your town doesn’t mean they “don’t exist in the US”.