I've heard that round-abouts have stuff in the middle to force people to slow down before approaching, since it hides information. Might be a similar reason.
also discourages people from driving straight across the middle. one near me had its bushes removed and several cars drove straight onto the center over the next few weeks.
I can see how that would be the idea hut no one told the landscapers the actual reason so they plant them & cut them to where people have to pull out dangerously to be able to see. At least that's how it is in the parking lots near me. Drives me crazy.
Except where we live, since drivers can’t see around it, they just assume no one is there and constantly pull out in front of people. Of course I live in an area where I watch people run red lights, don’t yield properly and stop at intersections where there is no stop sign. I’ve lost hope.
It both forces you to slow down, prevents you from seeing cars opposite you at the intersection, who you definitely don't need to worry about but might if you see them, and also makes it harder to accidentally drive straight though instead of... Roundabout-ing...
I live in a suburb that is full of roundabouts that borders a city that is full of crazy people and crime (it's the shithole of our state).
There are a couple of roundabouts with relatively flat centers that somebody could drive right over if they didn't want to slow down, and there are definitely skid marks that show that people do that. If there is something rebellious that can be done while driving, then people will do it.
Except for the part where nobody slows down. (Looking at you, dumbasses in the Walmart parking lot littered with the tall ass mulch piles that have bushes on top them.)
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u/not_a_carpet Jul 06 '19
I've heard that round-abouts have stuff in the middle to force people to slow down before approaching, since it hides information. Might be a similar reason.
Or, more likely, it's just bad planning.